At approximately 9:18 a.m., on May 22, 2018, Troop D Headquarters received a report of a small aircraft that had crashed approximately three-quarters of a mile south of the Bolivar Municipal Airport, in Polk County. Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, and surrounding emergency rescue personnel responded to the area and located a 2007 Zenith 601 single-engine airplane crashed in a wooded area on the Silo Ridge Golf Course.
The pilot of the aircraft was transported by ambulance to Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 10:38 a.m. The pilot has been identified as James Donald Baker, 87, of Bolivar.
The pilot of the aircraft was transported by ambulance to Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 10:38 a.m. The pilot has been identified as James Donald Baker, 87, of Bolivar.
It is unknown at this time what led to the crash. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration will be on scene today to conduct a complete investigation.
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