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Wreckage of plane crash that killed 2, including former NWFD chief to be further examined

Wreckage of plane crash that killed 2, including former NWFD chief to be further examined Unmute Jeff Piechura (left) Matthew Miller (right) One of those men was 62-year-old Jeff Piechura, a former chief for Northwest Fire District. The other man who died in the crash was identified as 48-year-old Matthew Miller, who was the pilot of the aircraft. According to the preliminary report, the aircraft reportedly was seen taking a steep dive towards the ground and struck the ridgeline of mountainous desert terrain while it was doing aerial reconnaissance and helping direct aviation resources over a lightning-caused wildfire near the community of Wikieup.

Men killed in plane crash while monitoring wildfire were former fire chief, pilot

Men killed in plane crash while monitoring wildfire were former fire chief, pilot Chelsea Curtis, Arizona Republic © Bureau of Land Management Matthew Miller, pilot with Falcon Executive Aviation (left), and Jeff Piechura, air tactical group supervisor. Matthew Miller, 48, and Jeff Piechura, 62, were on board the Beechcraft King Air C90 aircraft when it crashed on Saturday, according to a statement from the Bureau of Land Management.  Miller was identified in the statement as a fire pilot employed with Falcon Executive Aviation, Inc, which is contracted by the U.S. Forest Service.  Piechura was an air tactical group supervisor employed by the Coronado National Forest. An air tactical group supervisor coordinates incident airspace, manages incident air traffic, and is the link between ground personnel and incident aircraft,  according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. 

New details emerge on plane that crashed, killed 2 Arizona wildfire officials

View Comments New details give insight into the plane that crashed while responding to a wildfire in northwest Arizona on Saturday, killing two fire officials inside.  The Federal Aviation Administration released a new airworthiness directive for the Beechcraft King Air C90 (and others) on Jan. 11. The directive was prompted by reports of cracks in the lower forward wing fitting of Beechcraft Corporation aircrafts that could lead to crashes. A resident near the fire who told The Arizona Republic she watched the plane crash said officials at the crash site told her they saw a wing fall off the plane in the air.

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