SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The wreckage of an airplane belonging to a missing Truckee pilot was found Saturday in a heavily-forested area of the Sierra about 25 miles north of his hometown.

Nevada County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Pettitt said a body found in the wreckage near Sierraville has not been positively identified but the victim is believed to be 37-year-old Clayton Beck.

Pettitt said Beck left Truckee Tahoe Airport on Wednesday for a short flight around the Truckee area in his single-engine, two-seater RV-6 experimental aircraft.

He had planned to make a meeting later that afternoon in Reno, and was reported missing that night by his wife, Lisa Beck. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration.