PORT ANGELES (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the crash of a small plane near Port Angeles that killed one person happened after it apparently ran out of fuel.

The agency said in a report Thursday the Cessna 170A with one man aboard left Kodiak, Alaska on Jan. 25 and that on Jan. 26, he refueled and departed Ketchikan.

The report says the man texted his mother that afternoon saying a severe headwind was causing concern about whether he had enough fuel to complete the flight.

He tried to make it to Port Angeles but broadcast a mayday call saying he was “ditching” near a boat that was towing a barge.

The disappearance led to a massive search operation that included the Coast Guard helicopter rescue crews from Port Angeles and Whidbey Island, the Cutters Adelie and Terrapin, a Canadian Coast Guard cutter and 2 Canadian Air Force crews.

No sign of the plane or the pilot were found.