Photo courtesy: Park County Search and Rescue
UPDATE: On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Park
County Sheriff's Department releases he names of the four victims in the
plane crash outside of Cody, Wyoming on Saturday.
The pilot was 66-year-old Donald Edward Scott from Denver Colorado. His passengers were his sister Diane Jean Stubbs, age 68, her husband, 69-year old Gerald Bruce Stubbs both from Annapolis, Maryland, and a friend Joyce Bartoo from Washington, D.C.
MONDAY: A small engine airplane, on its way from Sheridan to Billings crashed near Cody Saturday. All four passengers died.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating with the Park County Sheriff on a remote mountain top. The autopsies are being performed in Billings.
The names of the victims have not been released, pending notification of next of kin.
Small pieces of metal is what’s left of a twin engine Cessna that crashed near Cody Saturday. Park County Search and Rescue members had to hike in a mile and a half from the end of the road on Mooncrest Ranche to find the debris. Sheriff Scott Steward said it looked like a bomb exploded. They found no survivors.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Lance Mathess said, "The crater left by impact of the plane is no larger than thirty feet in diameter. There is wreckage strewn all about the crash scene. It’s really a horrific sight."
Mathess said it appears something catastrophic happened in flight.
Rattlesnake Mountain stands to the west of Cody. The plane crashed high up in the timber northwest of Rattlesnake, after making a detour from its planned trip from Sheridan to Billings.
Mathess said the Park County Sheriff’s office got a call from Salt Lake City air traffic control.
"They had just given it a new flight plan from Yellowstone National Park to Billings," Mathess said. "They acknowledged the new flight plan, climbed to about 14,800 feet, and as soon as he did all of that, the Salt Lake City lost contact with him. He made a short right hand turn headed directly east towards Cody, and at that time he made a steep descent and dropped off the radar."
The Park County Sheriff took the NTSB investigators to the crash site on horseback.
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted mountainous terrain northwest of Buffalo Bill Reservoir and Yellowstone Regional Airport (KCOD), Cody, Wyoming. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the four occupants onboard received fatal injuries in an apparent non-survivable event.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177958 http://wtop.com/national/2015/07/small-plane-crash-north-of-buffalo-bill-reservoir/
http://www.powelltribune.com/news/item/13855-fatal-small-plane-crash-reported-west-of-cody
http://www.kbzk.com/story/29582336/no-survivors-in-wyoming-plane-crash
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N72TP.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N72TP
https://colinprengerphotography.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/72tp-hdr.jpg
The pilot was 66-year-old Donald Edward Scott from Denver Colorado. His passengers were his sister Diane Jean Stubbs, age 68, her husband, 69-year old Gerald Bruce Stubbs both from Annapolis, Maryland, and a friend Joyce Bartoo from Washington, D.C.
MONDAY: A small engine airplane, on its way from Sheridan to Billings crashed near Cody Saturday. All four passengers died.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating with the Park County Sheriff on a remote mountain top. The autopsies are being performed in Billings.
The names of the victims have not been released, pending notification of next of kin.
Small pieces of metal is what’s left of a twin engine Cessna that crashed near Cody Saturday. Park County Search and Rescue members had to hike in a mile and a half from the end of the road on Mooncrest Ranche to find the debris. Sheriff Scott Steward said it looked like a bomb exploded. They found no survivors.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Lance Mathess said, "The crater left by impact of the plane is no larger than thirty feet in diameter. There is wreckage strewn all about the crash scene. It’s really a horrific sight."
Mathess said it appears something catastrophic happened in flight.
Rattlesnake Mountain stands to the west of Cody. The plane crashed high up in the timber northwest of Rattlesnake, after making a detour from its planned trip from Sheridan to Billings.
Mathess said the Park County Sheriff’s office got a call from Salt Lake City air traffic control.
"They had just given it a new flight plan from Yellowstone National Park to Billings," Mathess said. "They acknowledged the new flight plan, climbed to about 14,800 feet, and as soon as he did all of that, the Salt Lake City lost contact with him. He made a short right hand turn headed directly east towards Cody, and at that time he made a steep descent and dropped off the radar."
The Park County Sheriff took the NTSB investigators to the crash site on horseback.
| Date: | 18-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: |  Cessna T310R |
| Owner/operator: | Independence Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N72TP |
| C/n / msn: | 310R1628 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Shoshone Nat'l Forest NW of Logan Mountain and Cody, WY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Sheridan County (KSHR) |
| Billings Logan Int'l (KBIL) |
The aircraft impacted mountainous terrain northwest of Buffalo Bill Reservoir and Yellowstone Regional Airport (KCOD), Cody, Wyoming. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the four occupants onboard received fatal injuries in an apparent non-survivable event.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177958 http://wtop.com/national/2015/07/small-plane-crash-north-of-buffalo-bill-reservoir/
http://www.powelltribune.com/news/item/13855-fatal-small-plane-crash-reported-west-of-cody
http://www.kbzk.com/story/29582336/no-survivors-in-wyoming-plane-crash
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N72TP.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N72TP
https://colinprengerphotography.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/72tp-hdr.jpg