COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — Searchers have found Terry Coleman's missing plane beneath Sullivan Lake's surface, finally confirming what the tight-knit community suspected for six years since the 2019 crash that claimed the pilot's life.

The Colville pilot's aircraft, discovered Nov. 12, sits aligned with the lake's north end airstrip runway, revealing a heartbreaking reality. Coleman likely crashed trying to land.

Coleman vanished during what should have been a routine short flight in His body surfaced in the lake just days later, . The discovery answered one crushing question for his family, but created another. Where was his plane?

"This year, we found a positive target and confirmed the location with a drop camera," Neumann said. "And it was the missing airplane from six year

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