ELY, Minn. — A Twin Cities man has dead after his plane crashed in northern Minnesota Thursday night, according to KARE sister station KBJR.
The pilot was identified Friday as Dr. Kyle Edlund, of Woodbury.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office was called to reports of a crash on White Iron Lake just after 11 p.m Thursday.
The pilot was the only person on the plane, police tell KBJR, which took off from the Ely airport shortly after 9 p.m. before the crash into White Iron Lake, just east of Ely.
Authorities say the the pilot died at the scene of the crash.
According to a Facebook post, Edlund was a dentist at Woodbury Dental Care.
"Dr. Edlund died doing what he loved, flying his airplane on his way to his cabin near Grand Marais. He was alone and was excited to spend a weekend with his son and some friends up north," the post read.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
