A tiny aircraft carrying two persons crashed near Hells Canyon early on Sunday, April 2. Pilot Terry Lee Richards, 43, and passenger Caleb Andrew Tennant, 24, of Middleton, Idaho, have perished in the crash.
Travis Ash, the sheriff of Baker County, and Lt. Downing were at the accident scene. Off-duty, they went fishing on the Snake River. A plane’s engine was reportedly heard just before 10:00 a.m., followed by a loud “boom.”
They glanced up just in time to see the plane crashing. When they heard of the incident, they sent a distress signal and set out to find the spot on a hill above the Idaho Power complex. Citizens and Idaho Power personnel joined the search effort. The debris was spread across a large region, and they rapidly realized none had survived.
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On Sunday morning, Richards and Tennant took out from the Caldwell Airport for Lewiston. The aircraft was a Cirrus SR-22, one of the most popular single-engine airplanes, according to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office.
The Baker County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed through Facebook that they have deputies and search and rescue personnel on a deadly aviation accident site in the Oxbow area-
The National Transportation Safety Board will send investigators to the area on Monday to determine what caused the accident.
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