Four fatalities have been confirmed in a plane crash in Guthrie County. According to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, a plane that was reported missing since Friday evening was found at about 6:31 a.m. Saturday in a rural pasture southwest of Guthrie Center. Multiple agencies assisted in the search and no other information on the passengers has been released. Information courtesy of Raccoon Valley Radio.
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GUTHRIE CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE
On November 9th, 2018, at approximately 1708 hours, the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from Des Moines Air Traffic Control requesting an emergency landing for a single engine aircraft tail# 91770 at the Guthrie Center Airport. Des Moines Traffic Control advised the pilot had suffered a heart attack and a student pilot would be attempting an emergency landing. The aircraft was occupied by 4 people. Guthrie Center Fire and Rescue along with Panora Rescue were dispatched to the Guthrie Center Airport for the emergency landing. The aircraft never arrived at the airport. Des Moines Traffic Control reported the aircraft dropped off radar approximately 4 miles southwest of the Guthrie Center Airport. The aircraft had left Le Mars, Iowa at 1615 hours traveling to Osceola, Iowa.
The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office launched an extensive search and rescue mission to locate the aircraft. The Sheriff’s office utilized the assistance of the Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Adair County Sheriff’s Office, Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Panora police Department, Stuart Police Department, Guthrie County Emergency Management, Guthrie Center Fire and Rescue, Panora Fire and Rescue, and numerous other law enforcement, fire, and rescue agencies.
On November 10th, at approximately 0631 hours, a Guthrie County Citizen reported a small plane crash in a cow pasture southwest of the intersection of 265th and Maple Avenue. The plane was identified as tail# 91770. The plane impacted very hard and all occupants were deceased at the scene. The deceased crash victims have been identified as Edward Ralph Anderson (49) (pilot) of Le Mars, Iowa, Patrick Kellen (36) or Le Mars, Iowa, Tyler Douvia (28) of Merrill, Iowa, and Samantha Clark (15) of Le Mars, Iowa. The deceased occupants of the plane have been transported to the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office. The crash site is being secured pending an investigation by the FAA.
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