An investigation is underway after a small plane crashed in the West Valley this week, killing the pilot, authorities said.

On Wednesday evening, police say the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office located plane wreckage near Ocotillo and Bullard.

PHOENIX — The wreckage of a missing plane has been found near Phoenix, FAA officials said. On Aug. 13, authorities notified the FAA that the wreckage of a Pitts S-1T was found southwest of Phoenix.

Several agencies were investigating a crash scene in Goodyear after the wreckage of a previously missing plane was discovered.

The wreckage of a small aircraft was found southwest of the Valley on Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the ...

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing all four ...

The National Traffic Safety Bureau and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the deadly crash, authorities said.

Four people are dead after medical transport plane crashed then caught on fire near in airport in northeastern Arizona on ...

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people.

The four people killed when a medical transport plane crashed near Chinle Airport on the afternoon of Aug. 5 were honored ...

Just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, a small dual-propeller medical transport plane crashed and caught fire near the Chinle Airport, according to the Navajo Police Department.