Police have identified the pilot who died in an Elkhart County plane crash Thursday night.

It happened shortly after 8 p.m. near the intersection of County Road 42 and County Road 33.

On Friday afternoon, the pilot was identified as Neal Myers of Middlebury. He was the only occupant of the aircraft.

The crash happened about 2 miles east of the Goshen Municipal Airport.

Police described the plane as a private Piper four-seat aircraft.

Preliminary information shows that Myers was taking off and landing while practicing approaches when the plane went down. It crashed into a power line and then into the ground.

The sheriff's office secured the scene because the plane knocked down high-voltage power lines.

The FAA was contacted, and the Sheriff’s Office was advised that the NTSB would be investigating.