Sorry - The Page You are Looking for Doesn't Exist We can't seem to find the page you are looking for. It's possible the content has expired or has been moved. Perhaps if you use the sitemap below or the search box above, you might have better luck.<doc-sep>The aircraft was located Thursday morning in a river approximately half a mile west of Carlton County airport. MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Search teams have located a missing single engine plane that took off from Moose Lake Wednesday night and failed to arrive at its destination in Crystal. The plane was found Thursday morning in a river approximately half a mile west of Carlton County airport. The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office says a body pulled from the crashed aircraft is confirmed to be Dr. Thomas Stillwell, 65, of Plymouth. The body was found at 7 a.m. in the Moosehorn River. Authorities say Stillwell has flown in and out of the airport before, and it is believed he was doing business at Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake before the crash occurred Wednesday afternoon. An internet search shows a Dr. Thomas Stillwell as a member of Minnesota Urology, who is associated both with North Memorial and Fairview Health Systems. Dispatchers in Carlton and Pine Counties were contacted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) around 8 p.m. informing them of a plane that was overdue. The flight plan said the pilot was set to leave the Moose Lake-Carlton County Airport at 4:30 with a scheduled landing in Crystal at 5:15 p.m. Deputies in both Carlton and Pine Counties checked the airports in Cloquet, Moose Lake and Hinkley and were unable to locate the missing plane or its pilot. They also learned the aircraft was never picked up on radar at either the Duluth or Minneapolis Airport towers. Poor weather conditions prohibited an air search, so crews began a land search in the area around the Moose Lake Airport. At this point, no reports have been made from citizens regarding a downed aircraft. The plane is a Mooney model M20J single engine. A statement from Minnesota Urology: The physicians and employees of Minnesota Urology were devastated to learn early this morning that our colleague and friend, Dr. Thomas J. Stillwell, was killed late yesterday afternoon when piloting his plane from Moose Lake, MN back to the Twin Cities. Dr. Stillwell had just completed a regularly scheduled day of patient care at the Mercy Hospital clinic, where he provided urologic services to the Moose Lake community two times per month. Dr. Stillwell’s practice was unique in that he focused mainly on providing care to patients in rural communities that otherwise did not have access to a urologic physician and surgeon. In addition to Moose Lake, Dr. Stillwell flew his plane to Mora MN, Onamia, MN, and Grantsburg, WI regularly for more than twenty years. “Tom was extremely dedicated to serving the rural communities of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin,” noted Dr. Jeffry Twidwell, a fellow urologist who worked closely with Dr. Stillwell at Minnesota Urology. “He was one of a kind. In today’s world, how many specialty physicians dedicate their professional careers to serving rural areas…and travel to them by piloting their own planes? He was an incredibly generous and caring individual.” Dr. Stillwell was a board‐certified urologist who received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and completed his residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Prior to beginning his career at Minnesota Urology, Dr. Stillwell served as a surgeon with the U.S. Marines Mobile Surgical Hospital in Kuwait during Desert Storm. He has been named a Top Doctor in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine numerous years, including 2019.<doc-sep>CARLTON, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — Transportation officials are investigating after a missing plane was found crashed in a river near Moose Lake Airport Thursday morning. The body of the pilot has also been recovered. According to the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, a search for a missing single-engine plane that went missing Wednesday concluded at 7 a.m. Thursday when the plane was located partially submerged in Moose Horn River. The river is located a short distance northwest of Moose Lake Airport runway, where the missing plane left Wednesday evening. The body of a man believed to be the pilot was also located. Carlton County officials say all indications appear the body is that of Dr. Thomas Jay Stillwell, 65, of Plymouth. Earlier Thursday, Carlton County Sheriff’s Office says a Mooney M20J single-engine plane filed a flight plan with the Federal Aviation Administration for a Wednesday trip from the Moose Lake Carlton County Airport to the Crystal Airport in the Twin Cities. The plane was scheduled to land in Crystal at 5:15 but never arrived. Authorities checked several airports but didn’t find the plane. It was never picked up on radar at either the Duluth or Minneapolis airports. The plane has a tail number of N111JP. FAA records show it was registered to the nonprofit Club Cherokee, which operates private aircraft for members. The FAA and the NTSB are sending investigators to the scene. At this point, there is no word on if there were other occupants in the plane. Dr. Stillwell worked fo Urology Associates, who released MNU Statement_Dr. Thomas Stillwell on his passing. (© Copyright 2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)<doc-sep>
The aircraft was scheduled to arrive at the Crystal Airport, but never landed. An example of a Mooney M20J aircraft. Wikimedia Commons UPDATE 1 P.M. The small plane that went missing between Moose Lake and Crystal has been found partially submerged in a river, and the body of a man recovered. The Carlton County Sheriff's Office said that the plane was found crashed in the Moose Horn River, a short distance northwest of the Moose Lake Airport runway. Inside was the body of a male that authorities believe to be Thomas Jay Stillwell, 65, of Plymouth, Minnesota. The investigation into the cause of the crash will continue, with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board both sending investigators to the scene. The plane, a Mooney M20J, is owned by the nonprofit Club Cherokee and lists Crystal Airport as its address. A staff member at Moose Lake airport told the Star Tribune that the plane was regularly used by a doctor to do medical outreach around the state. Original story A small aircraft that was supposed to land at a Twin Cities area airport never showed up - and authorities have no idea what happened or where it is. Someone filed a flight plan with the FAA to take off from Moose Lake Carlton County Airport at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, and land at Crystal Airport around 5:15 p.m., the Carlton County Sheriff's Office said in a release. But at 8 p.m., the FAA called to report an overdue flight. The plane never arrived at the Crystal airport. Authorities have been conducting a ground search, trying to locate the plane and pilot. (Snowy, rainy weather is preventing a search from the air.) Deputies checked the Cloquet, Moose Lake, and Hinckley airports and didn't find the aircraft. The Carlton and Pine County Sheriff's offices have not received any reports of a downed aircraft from citizens. And the plane was never picked up on radar at either the Duluth or Minneapolis airport towers. As of Thursday morning, authorities had no idea where the plane was and had not had any contact with the pilot. The plane in question is a Mooney model M20J single engine airplane with a tail number of N111JP. Anyone with information about what happened or where the plane might be is asked to call the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office at 218-384-4185.