A SMT News Report

A Southeast Missouri man was killed midday Saturday in a one-person plane crash.

Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis confirmed that a Stoddard County man was killed Saturday when the small plane he was flying went down off Route TT and County Road 624 southwest of Dudley.

“It was not a crop duster; just some kind of small plane,” Mathis said. There was not fire and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim has been reported to be Richard Bowie of Fisk, although Mathis could not confirm his identity Saturday afternoon. On Saturday evening, the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department would not release incident information.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified of the accident, Mathis said, and will be in Dexter Saturday night and Sunday to investigate the crash.

Responding to the scene of the accident were the Dexter and Dudley fire departments, the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department, Stoddard County EMS, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.