NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two people killed in a plane crash near Covelo on Oct. 20.
Capt. Gregory Van Patten said the two people who died in the crash were Vaughan Wesley Porter, 54, of North Highland, Utah, and Jaime Danielle Rust, 51, of Payson, Utah.
Van Patten said the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Division was able to identify Porter and Rust through dental record comparisons.
The plane crash was reported on the evening of Oct. 20 in the 21000 block of Airport Road in Covelo.
Deputies arriving at the scene, along with firefighters, found the plane on fire, with the fire spreading into the vegetation.
After containing the fire, the deputies found the bodies while searching the debris field.
While the sheriff’s office is conducting the coroner’s investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the circumstances that led to the crash.
NTSB and FAA preliminary investigation information showed that the plane was a Beech A36 Bonanza, a fixed wing single-engine plane built in 1991.
The plane was registered to Plane Haven LLC of Kalispell, Montana.
Authorities identify victims of Covelo plane crash
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