1 dead following small plane crash into Merrimack River [Video]

One person is dead after a small plane crashed into the Merrimack River in Methuen on Monday, officials said.The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board said the crash involving a single-engine Van’s RV6A happened at about 2:21 p.m. North Andover firefighters were the first to respond to the crash site, which was in a part of the river that borders Methuen, Lawrence and North Andover.”We received a phone call from the Lawrence Municipal Airport’s tower reporting that they had a possibility of a plane down in the water. They lost contact with it,” said North Andover Deputy Fire Chief Graham Rowe. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker confirmed one person has died. The victim’s name has not been released.The FAA said the pilot was the only person on board the plane at the time of the crash.Video from Sky 5 shows the plane was overturned in the …