We now know the identity of a pilot who was killed in a plane crash near Tyndall this weekend. The Bon Homme County Sheriff's office says the victim is Bob Boardman of Aurora, Nebraska. His plane went down in a field about six miles northeast of Tyndall Saturday evening. Investigators are still trying to figure out what went wrong.

The charred wreckage from Boardman's plane is strewn around a wheat field. Witnesses say the single engine crop dusting plane burst into flames when it crashed. While the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet confirmed if weather was a factor, David Vellek says a thunderstorm popped up just moments before the crash happened. He lives not far from the crash site. Vellek says, "It started hailing, the wind was blowing."

David waited out the storm at a neighbor's place, but then, the electricity went out. It wasn't until he was driving home that he saw flashing lights in the field. Vellek says, "When I drove up here, I saw that a plane had crashed into the power lines. That's why the power had gone out."

Boardman is affiliated with an aerial flying service out of Henderson, Nebraska, and according to internet websites, was well-known in his field. His crash wasn't the only one that happened in Bon Homme County on Saturday night. Another crop dusting plane went down near Scotland, but no one was hurt in that crash. Vellek says, "It's dangerous. It's dangerous because they fly right under these power lines and over them. It's just a dangerous profession." One that cut a life short in a South Dakota wheat field.

The Federal Aviation Administration continues to investigate the cause of the crash.