Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will be conducting the investigation related to the crash.
VANCOUVER – On Tuesday (June 28) at about 7:39 a.m., Vancouver Police responded to Pearson Field (101 E. Reserve) for the report of a plane crash.
When emergency personnel from the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Fire Department arrived, they located an aircraft on the runway on fire. Vancouver Fire personnel extinguished the fire and confirmed one person inside the aircraft was deceased. The victim was later identified by the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office as 64-year-old Thomas Posey of Vancouver.
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be conducting the investigation related to the crash.Â
Nothing further is releasable at this time.
Information provided by Vancouver Police Department.
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