LUMBERPORT, W.Va. — Harrison County authorities identified the pilot killed in a weekend plane crash as 68-year-old Barry Wayne Parks, of Fairmont.
Investigators said Parks was piloting a Beechcraft BE-33 aircraft Saturday when the plane went down on a hillside near Lumberport. Parks was the only person on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board was heading up the investigation to determine what caused the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration was also investigating.