Captain Denise Jeanette McCracken, Died in Air Plane crash near Yuma

Officials identify Tucson Pilot killed in Air Plane crash near Yuma

 Yuma County Sheriff's officials have identified the pilot that was killed in a plane crash last week as a Tucson woman.

Denise Jeanette McCracken, 49, died from injuries sustained during the crash, which occurred on November 24 near the Barry M. Goldwater Bombing Range southeast of Yuma.

The single-engine plane was found by U.S. Border Patrol agents last week, about 15 miles south of Interstate 8 and 50 miles southeast of Yuma on the Air Force's Barry Goldwater bombing range.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says searchers had been looking for a Piper Cherokee that took off from Tucson on Nov. 23. The pilot's husband reported her missing and a search was launched.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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