NORTH TEXAS – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the pilot who died when his plane plummeted into

Eagle Mountain Lake earlier this week.

Stephen Lee Spence, 60, of North Richland Hills, was killed when the single-engine Champion model 7EC that he was flying went

down at 12:40 p.m. Monday.

Stephen Lee Spence, 60, of North Richland Hills, was killed when the single-engine Champion model 7EC that he was flying went

down at 12:40 p.m. Monday.

The incident has been ruled accidental.

The Tarrant Regional Water District said the plane crashed at the north end of the lake near Indian Creek Slough, with one person

onboard.

Fort Worth Fire Department divers recovered the body of the pilot, but TRWD noted that the plane was too damaged to remove the

body at that time.