A pilot and his 21-year-old son were killed in a plane crash in a remote northern Idaho region late Friday, authorities said.
The single-engine Cessna 210 crashed in a wooded area about 10 miles south of the lakeside city of Coeur d'Alene.
The bodies of the pilot, Craig D. Kestner, 50, and his son, Brock S. Kestner, 21, were recovered at about 2 p.m. on Saturday, said Kootenai County Sheriff's Department Major Dan Mattos.
Both men are believed to be from Basin, Wyo., Mattos said. Their family has been notified.
Officers were called to the area at about 5:10 p.m. Friday, authorities said. A Spokane County Sheriff's helicopter located the crash site near Loffs Bay Road, more than a mile east of U.S. Highway 95, about 80 minutes later.
"(The plane) came to rest in a heavily wooded, brushy area," Mattos said.
The recovery of the victims was delayed until the next day because of weather and the remote terrain, the Kootenai County Sheriff's office said in a statement.
The agency, along with authorities from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration, are investigating the crash. The cause of the accident has not been determined.
"We don't have any idea right now," Mattos said. "It's going to take some investigation to determine why the plane went down."
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A pilot and his 21-year-old son were killed in a plane crash in a remote northern Idaho region late Friday, authorities said.
The single-engine Cessna 210 crashed in a wooded area about 10 miles south of the lakeside city of Coeur d'Alene.
The bodies of the pilot, Craig D. Kestner, 50, and his son, Brock S. Kestner, 21, were recovered at about 2 p.m. on Saturday, said Kootenai County Sheriff's Department Major Dan Mattos.
Both men are believed to be from Basin, Wyo., Mattos said. Their family has been notified.
Officers were called to the area at about 5:10 p.m. Friday, authorities said. A Spokane County Sheriff's helicopter located the crash site near Loffs Bay Road, more than a mile east of U.S. Highway 95, about 80 minutes later.
"(The plane) came to rest in a heavily wooded, brushy area," Mattos said.
The recovery of the victims was delayed until the next day because of weather and the remote terrain, the Kootenai County Sheriff's office said in a statement.
The agency, along with authorities from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration, are investigating the crash. The cause of the accident has not been determined.
"We don't have any idea right now," Mattos said. "It's going to take some investigation to determine why the plane went down."
Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_b70a3ba8-c432-11df-b3c1-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1k69WL6M9
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