A pilot died Sunday evening when his small plane crashed in the Everglades of West Broward, authorities said.

The man, whose name was not immediately released, was flying from the Kendall-Tamiami Airport to Ocala, said Kathleen Bergen, spokeswoman from the Federal Aviation Administration. It was unclear what caused the plane to go down, but the crash was reported at 6:45 p.m. near mile marker 40 on Alligator Alley/Interstate 75.

The Broward Sheriff's Office searched for the plane with an airboat through the dark, swampy marshes along the highway before discovering the 40-year-old fixed-wing single engine plane.

The aircraft, an Aero Commander 100, is registered to a man living in Seminole County.

-- ROBERT SAMUELS

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