LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Civil Air Patrol) -The small aircraft that
went missing Mondaywhile on a flight from Alabama to
Oklahomathat afternoon was located this morning.  A crash site
was spotted from the air and a multi-agency ground team,
including Civil Air Patrol (CAP)ground search teams from the
115th Composite Squadron in Rogers, confirmed that it was the
missing airplane.  Mondaynight, a CAP aircraft overflew the
search area listening for an emergency beacon, howeverthick fog
hampered the use of a thermal imager with which the CAP plane
was equipped. Tuesday morning, a CAP aircraft from Little Rock
and a CAP ground search team from Rogers joined with local
authorities in the search. A CAP aircraft from Texarkana was
readying to launch when the missing plane was found.  The
single-engine aircraft dropped off FAA radar screens around 2:00
Monday afternoon. Local teams from Madison and Benton County
began the search and requested CAP assistance.