One man died and another was injured after their single engine, two-seat plane crashed Friday night in Snowshoe Township, north of Bellefonte, from undetermined engine problems.

The plane wreckage was found at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in a wooded area near Route 80, according to a Pennsylvania State Police press release.

The 63-year-old passenger, Harry Batson, of Erie, Mich., died at the scene, according to a press release from the Centre County Coroner's Office. Batson died of multiple trauma injuries, Coroner Scott Sayers said.

Pascal Schadegg, of Switzerland, was air-lifted to Altoona Hospital. He remained in critical condition yesterday and was expected to undergo surgery Saturday.

Schadegg was flying a homebuilt Glastar 41 plane Friday from Hazelton Airport to Metcalf, Ohio, when he informed New York Center that he was experiencing engine trouble, Lt. Lynda Paulsen, public affairs officer for Civil Air Patrol, said.

New York Center made a final radar identification of the plane before losing contact, Paulsen said.

After the aircraft went down, Schadegg used his cell phone to call 911, which assisted rescuers in locating the aircraft despite losing connection, according to the Pennsylvania State Police press release.

Paulsen said the call, radar and emergency locator transmission from the plane helped find the wreckage.

Pennsylvania Wing's Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force, state police and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management team worked for three hours to locate the plane.

A fourteen member Centre County ground team, which was participating in a search-and-rescue training exercise, assisted in the search, Paulsen said. The crash is still being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, she added.