Pilot killed in cargo plane crash on Cape

(Vincent DeWitt for The Boston Globe)

Emergency workers at the crash site this morning.

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent

A pilot was killed this morning when his cargo plane crashed during takeoff from Barnstable Municipal Airport.

Mark Conway, 43, of Barnstable, who had started working for Wiggins Airways of Manchester, N.H. in December, was the plane's pilot, said Jim Thomforde, president and chief operating officer of Wiggins.

The DeHavilland-6 cargo plane was about 500 feet down the runway when it crashed at 10:03 a.m., said FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac. Eyewitnesses said the plane had taken off, then rolled to the left before hitting the ground, airport manager Quincy Mosby said.

Conway was the only person on board the plane. Thomforde said he flew cargo from Hyannis to Nantucket twice each weekday. He had been a pilot since 1997 and had more than 3,600 hours of flight time. Conway is married and has two young daughters.

FAA investigators are heading to Hyannis, Salac said. The National Transportation Safety Board will be notified.

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