Great Bend ? Authorities say a twin-engine cargo plane crashed in a field in central Kansas on Friday, killing the pilot.

Barton County Sheriff Buck Causey said the plane was carrying dry goods on its regular route from Wichita when it crashed about one mile southwest of Great Bend Municipal Airport.

The pilot, a white female, has not been identified pending notification of kin. No other passengers were aboard.

Causey said the plane landed in Great Bend about 9 a.m. every morning, returning to Wichita in the evening. But airport officials became concerned Friday when it did not show up.

“The airplane was coming in for a landing in Great Bend, and other than that, it’s unknown at this time what happened,” Causey said.

There was a ceiling of less than 600 feet and light sleet in the air at the time of the crash, Causey said.