MECHANICSTOWN, Ohio - The wreckage of a private plane and the body of its pilot have been found in a rural area south of the Columbiana County line.

It's the same plane that had been reported missing from Columbiana County since Tuesday.

Goshen Police say authorities found the body of Willard Olds and his single engine Cessna in Carroll County Friday morning.

The 83-year-old Green Township resident took off at around 3 p.m. Sunday from Salem Air Park without filing a flight plan.

Friends at the Salem Air Park became concerned when he had not returned after several days.

Olds left his checkbook, personal photos, flight log, and his plane's maintenance log inside his car parked near the hangar.

Searchers began looking for the plane Thursday night along Route 39 just west of Mechanicstown after learning that the plane had disappeared from radar in that area.

The search was suspended due to darkness, but resumed after sunrise.

The plane was located at around 10 a.m. Friday.

FAA crash investigators were on the scene.

According to FAA records, Olds was issued a license in 2010 to pilot a single engine private plane.