(Photo: Debbie Mack)
Associated press
August 18, 2015
OKANOGAN, Wash. (AP) -
The Okanogan County coroner has identified the two victims of the plane that crashed near Oroville.
Coroner Dave Rodriguez says 88-year-old Albert Losvar of Loomis and 62-year-old Brian Downing of Surrey, British Columbia died in Thursday's crash.
Rodriguez says both men were pilots and it's not known who was at the controls when the plane went down. Losvar was the plane's owner.
KREM
Rodriguez says the crash resulted in a large explosion that consumed most of the Cessna. He says the victims' remains are being submitted for dental identification.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
Officials said it left the Dorothy Scott Airport in Oroville at 8:45 a.m. Thursday but didn't reach its destination at the Spokane airport.
The plane was discovered by crews responding to a forest fire in that area.
| Date: | 13-AUG-2015 |
| Time: | Morning |
| Type: |  Cessna T182T Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6289Z |
| C/n / msn: | T18208870 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Okanogan County east of Oroville, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dorothy Scott (0S7) |
The aircraft impacted timbered terrain in Okanogan County east of Dorothy Scott Airport (0S7), Oroville, Washington, and a post-impact fire occurred. The airplane was destroyed and the two occupants onboard received fatal injuries. Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178609 http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/one-dead-in-plane-crash-near-oroville-wildfire/34707218
http://t.omakchronicle.com/news/2015/aug/13/plane-crash-kills-one-sparks-multiple-fires/?templates=tablet
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/aug/14/second-body-found-crashed-plane-okanogan-county/
http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/authorities-confirm-two-victims-involved-in-fatal-plane-crash/70630/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Washington-fire-sparked-by-fatal-plane-crash-burns-buildings-321925491.html?mobile=y
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6289Z
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000538254.html