A Search and Rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island rescued a civilian pilot in the Olympic Mountains on Wednesday.

The SAR crew was notified of a private plane crash in the Olympics shortly after 8:15 a.m. The SAR crew lifted off from NAS Whidbey with a team of five.

While en route, the SAR crew received the phone number of the pilot and contacted him to get his exact location.

The SAR crew arrived on scene just after 9 a.m. and immediately saw the crashed private plane on the side of a ridge line and the pilot on top of a ridge approximately 175 yards above the wreckage.

The crew hoisted the pilot aboard the SAR helicopter and transported him to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles for higher care.

This was the second rescue of 2018 for NAS Whidbey Island SAR, which has also conducted two searches and two medical evacuations this calendar year.