Not good, Went missing Tuesday afternoon for a flight to Vancouver, WA.
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/Civil-Ai ... 78241.html

This is strange to me. I don't remember the Wx being bad. For the most part- between 61S to VUO it is hard to be far from open farmland.

"...PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The pilot and sole occupant of a small plane missing on a flight through Oregon's Willamette Valley has been identified as a Vancouver, Washington, man bound for his hometown.

Authorities on Thursday identified the pilot as 41-year-old Lee Leslie. He was headed to Pearson Field in Vancouver..."

there was thought to be ELT signal from a plane. but was a dead end, so still no plane.

Also KEZI News on the TV said that the plane dropped off radar 15min after takeoff.
Where he just bought the plane...

Sad day for the family and friends...
Crashed on Mt.Tom 9 miles east of Haarrisburg and a post crash fire.

http://www.kezi.com/news/Downed_Airplan ... ounty.html

Bad.
Not real familiar with that area but Harrisburg is a bit west of I5, right? So is Mt Tom being only 9 east actually in the Cascades (foothills) or is it kind of free-standing in the Willamette Valley?

Hotrod, Yes Harrisberg is, news video show's Mt.Tom being in the very start of the foothill's:
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/301263311.html

Google map of the area, lower right corner is the crash area (closer to the field's and I-5). https://goo.gl/maps/k88c6