A Lebanon County man is dead after authorities say a small plane crashed in a cornfield near the Lancaster Airport Sunday morning. Sgt. Adam Webber of the Northern Lancaster Regional Police Department said the crash happened in a field just north of the airport off Stauffer Road around 8 a.

One person was killed in a small plane crash Sunday morning near Airport, according to the County Coroner's Office. The plane went down around 8 a.m., shortly after takeoff. The County Coroner's Office has identified the pilot as 58-year-old Musaddiq Nazeeri of Lebanon.

Just two and a half minutes after the plane was cleared for takeoff Sunday morning at Lancaster Airport, air traffic control started calling out for the pilot, according to an audio recording.

In a preliminary report, the NTSB says the pilot of the Cessna 208B N716MM that crashed shortly after takeoff from Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township "reported a loss of engine power and attempted to glide the airplane back to runway 27 at Cross Keys Airport."