(KAIR)--A pilot killed in a Colorado plane crash last week is now confirmed as the same pilot once accused of flying marijuana to Atchison. 

The Daily Sentinel, of Grand Junction, Colorado, last week reported that it was believed the plane that crashed Thursday in Rio Blanco County, Colorado was owned by 62-year-old Ray Hiler. 

On Monday, the newspaper confirmed the identity, although authorities say they are awaiting forensic evidence to be 100-percent certain that the victim is Hiler. However, those same authorities says based on the evidence and identification found at the crash scene, it's believed Hiler is the victim. 

Hiler was arrested in April 2013 for landing his 1952 plane at the Amelia Earhart Airport while it was loaded with what Atchison Police at the time called $100,000 worth of high-grade marijuana, brought from Colorado. 

Hiler was ultimately acquitted of the charges.