Update – Small Plane Crashes North of Brookings

Update:

On Thursday April 18th, 2019 at about 4:15pm, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Brookings PD, reporting that they had received a couple calls about a possible airplane crash.
Callers reported seeing a plane go down north of the Brookings airport near Henderson Road. Sheriff’s Deputies along with Search and Rescue, Brookings Fire, Cape Ferello Fire and Harbor Fire Departments responded to the general area.  A call was made to Cal Ore Life Flight and they were able to get two helicopters up in the air to search the area.

About 4:45pm, the plane was located by air and ground search crews made their way to the plane. There were two subjects in the plane and both were deceased.  Ground crews were able to remove both subjects from the wreckage and were carried out of the area.  Both subjects were from Del Norte County, California.

The NTSB and FAA investigators were notified and are making arrangements to travel to the scene to complete the investigation.   At this point, the names of the two subjects are being withheld until the investigation is complete by the NTSB and FAA.  All inquiries or information about the plane crash should be directed to the NTSB

Original Post:

Multiple agencies including the Sheriff, Sheriff’s deputies, the Curry County search and rescue team as well the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a reported plane crash north of Brookings Oregon late Thursday afternoon.

The crash site, located on gated private property between the Brookings airport and Henderson Road, revealed a small plane that had sustained significant damage and two passengers. The conditions of the occupants has not been confirmed.

Authorities were on the scene late into the night Thursday and the Wild Coast Compass will update this information when it is officially released by officials.

 

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