(KLZA)--One person is dead after an agricultural aircraft crashed in Holt County, Missouri.

According to the Holt County Sheriff's Office, authorities received an emergency call shortly after 9 p.m. Monday reporting that an Air Tractor crop-dusting plane may have gone down near 34845 Unity Road.

Multiple law enforcement and emergency response agencies searched the area for more than six hours Monday night but were unable to locate the aircraft. The search resumed Tuesday morning, and the plane was quickly found from the air.

Authorities say the pilot, 23-year-old Cael David Schmitz of Preston, Missouri, was found in the cockpit and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Assisting in the search were the South Holt Fire Department, Missouri Department of Conservation, Andrew County Sheriff's Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, first responders from across the Missouri River in Kansas, and private citizens.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash. The Holt County Sheriff's Office and the Holt County Coroner's Office are investigating the death.