The pilot is OK after his plane crashed on a mountain west of Cody on Friday morning.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., the Park County Communications Center was notified about an activated Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT) which is used by aircraft to signal a crash automatically, the Park County Sheriff's Office said in a release.

The call came from the United States Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (USAFRCC) which received the alert and the GPS coordinates of the activation. Deputies were dispatched to respond, but a follow-up phone call from the USAFRCC a few minutes later advised that they had contacted the pilot and everything was fine, no response was needed.

According to the release, due to a miscommunication from the plane owner with the USAFRCC, they were not advised of the information the plane had crashed.

On April 12, the Park County Communications Center received a call from an individual reporting he had discovered an airplane crashed west of Cody in the Sheep Mountain area. Search and rescue were notified and began responding. The plane’s registered owner was contacted and advised that he was unhurt and was the one who crashed it. He had notified the FAA but unfortunately didn’t notify the Sheriff’s Office or the local airport of what had transpired.

The site is on BLM land and they are the primary agency responsible along with the FAA/NTSB for investigation as to what transpired.

The aircraft owner has plans to have it removed via heavy lift helicopter in the next week or so.

"We are thankful there were no injuries," Sheriff Darrell Steward said in the release.