8/1/16: The victims of the tragic airplane accident have been identified by the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office as: 1.Larry Mills age 54. 2.Deborah Kroon age 49. 3.Michelle Tarwater age 30. 4.April Rodriquez age 35. April Rodriquez was the patient who was being transported to Oakland, California when the accident occurred. The other (3) victims were employees of REACH. All of the victims were from Crescent City, California. 7/29/16: On 07/29/2016 at about 2030 hours, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Division completed recovery of the victims from this accident. Tragically, four fatalities were confirmed. All four subjects, three females and one male, were recovered from inside the wreckage of the aircraft. The ages and identities of the victims are being withheld at this time pending identification and notification of next of kin. Previous (7/29/16): This is all of the preliminary information we have on a missing plane in the Arcata area: The pilot of a twin-engine Piper PA31 declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit around 1 a.m. Friday. The plane was flying from Crescent City to Oakland. The pilot indicated he was going to return to Crescent City. Radar contact with the aircraft was lost about 5 miles northeast of Arcata Airport. We believe there were three people on board. The Humboldt County Sheriff is searching for the aircraft. The tail number is N661TC. Mike Downey Sheriff