The pilot's identity is known to law enforcement but hasn't yet been released pending family notification.
WANTAGE -- Authorities have identified the pilot killed in a single-engine plane crash last week as a 59-year-old man with an Elmira, N.Y. mailing address, but they've not yet released his name pending family notification.
Elmira, N.Y. police Chief Joseph Kane told NJ Advance Media his department checked the residence on file for the man last week, but the address was vacant and they've not yet been able to make contact with his family.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac said the agency does not confirm victims' identities and refers the public release of victims' identities to local agencies.
The pilot's body was found -- and his Cessna C210 located -- on Thursday in a wooded area near Unionville and Mount Salem roads in Wantage shortly before 11 a.m., New York Civil Air Patrol Incident Commander Maj. Bill Martin said in a news release. The plane was found inverted, with the wings torn off.
"The pilot appeared to be the lone occupant and was deceased," Martin said. "All appearances are that the aircraft was trying to land in the field and hit the tree line."
The Civil Air Patrol had been searching for this plane since Tuesday after being alerted by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Ground search teams were able to track the emergency locator transmitter signal to the Wantage field by Thursday morning.
NJ Advance Media is not releasing the pilot's name pending family notification.
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