Crime blotter

Authorities are searching for the pilot of a twin-engine plane that crashed Saturday night.

A Cessna 310 traveling from Rocky Mount, N.C., was headed to Florida but was trying to land at Charleston Executive Airport around 7 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

As the pilot tried to land, the plane crashed into the woods about a mile north of the airport, the FAA said.

A woman who answered the phone at Charleston Executive Airport declined to answer any questions.

First responders, led by the St. John's Fire Department, reached the wreckage but had yet to locate the pilot, who was reportedly the only person on board.

The plane is registered to a Tampa, Fla. man.

This is a developing story. Check back for more.

Reach Sara Coello at 843-937-5705 and follow her on Twitter @smlcoello.

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Sara Coello has covered the Charleston area's justice system for The Post and Courier since September 2019. She previously covered crime and courts at The Dallas Morning News.

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