“A Jodell D-11 crashed in Beaver Lake in Rogers, Arkansas, around 1:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, Feb. 26. Only the pilot ...

BCSO said the pilot, 61-year-old male Kim Sweet, is dead.

Only the pilot was on board the small private plane, according to the sheriff's office. He did not survive the crash.

A plane crashed into Beaver Lake on Thursday, according to a spokesperson with the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

A member of the Arkansas Air & Military Museum Board of Directors died Thursday when his plane crashed into Beaver Lake.

Federal investigators are looking into a deadly small plane crash in northwest Arkansas after an aircraft went down into Beaver Lake in Benton County.

About 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon reports of an aircraft down in Beaver Lake near Monte Ne, Ark. alerted E-911.

The Benton County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that a fatal plane crash occured in Beaver Lake Thursday, February 26.

A preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration stated that the aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.