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The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a small plane crash that left a pilot dead Friday afternoon near Galt Airport in Wonder Lake.
The single-engine plane carried a pilot and no other passengers when it crashed about 5:15 p.m., officials said.
The sheriff’s office contacted the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration for more information, but no other details were immediately known.