More than six months after the disappearance of the Sonex aircraft, a hiker stumble upon the aircraft about five miles from Marion County Airport. On Sunday, Daryl Burns was hiking in dense forest when he spotted the wreckage and remains of Weiss. 

Burns said “At first, I thought it was squatters who had set up camp. But as I got closer I could tell it was an upside-down plane.” Weiss was still strapped in his seat. Burns further stated “It was spooky to be walking through the woods like that, and almost dark, and walk up on a wrecked aircraft with a skeleton inside. That's not something you see every day.” 

The aircraft had crashed and come to rest upside down with the engine detached from the aircraft. The aircraft was largely intact and Weiss' Skeletal remains were found in the cockpit. Marion County Sheriff's Office spokeswomen, Lauren Lettelier said "Our helicopter had trouble finding it -- even knowing where it was." The aircraft wreckage site was about 300 yards from the State Road 484 under a heavy canopy of oak trees.