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Lack of information, weather slowed search operations for missing Tacoma pilot
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A Tacoma pilot who went missing after disappearing off of radar over a month ago was found dead in his plane near Queets on Monday.
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Air Search and Rescue crews found the 2006 Cessna T182 Skylane that Rod Collen was flying when he disappeared in a wooded forest on the Olympic Peninsula.
Collen likely died on impact, according to WSDOT. Collen had been missing for 36 days.
Collen departed from the Tacoma Narrows Airport at 5:35 p.m. on Monday, March 6 and his plane abruptly fell of radar 45 minutes later, according to WSDOT.
Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/missing-tacoma-pilot-found-dead-crashed-airplane-queets/281-402d3bc2-2c49-402c-beb1-5588c5d769be