UPDATE:Pilot identified in fatal McCook County plane crash

One person has died after a single-engine aircraft crashed in McCook County on Sunday afternoon.

The identity of the pilot isn't being released, pending family notification, McCook County emergency manager Brad Stiefvater said

The crash was reported in the area of 263rd Street and 440th Avenue, south of Salem and west of Canistota, at approximately 2:30 p.m.

McCook County officials were contacted at 2:15 p.m. by air traffic controllers after the pilot reported a medical issue, Stievfater said. McCook County officials tried to reach the pilot but were unable to. Ten minutes later, air traffic control notified McCook County that the plane was down, Stiefvater said. Wreckage was found a short time later.

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The aircraft was carrying only one person, the pilot, according to recordings of radio communications of Sioux Falls air traffic controllers. The plane had departed from Mitchell but its pilot was soon asking for assistance due to a medical issue.

Before the crash, air traffic controllers pleaded with the pilot again and again to land the aircraft on a road or field to avoid losing consciousness while still airborne. They had help on the way to the location, they said. Soon the pilot wasn't responding to their calls.

The radio recording was obtained from LiveATC.net, a site that livestreams and archives air traffic audio from airports all over the world.

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