Apparently it also went down on Saturday.
http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/search-continues-for-small-private.html
Missing Minnesota Plane - UPDATE 9:28 a.m. July 15: WSDOT Aviation Emergency Services has launched a search for a plane due to Orcas Island Saturday which never arrived. The search area is in Whatcom County at this point.
The private plane's two occupants were on vacation in the area from Minnesota and they did not arrive Saturday. We do not have an exact time it was due to Orcas Island on Saturday, just that it didn’t arrive. Family did not notify officials of the overdue plane until Tuesday night. More details will be announced as they become available.
NOTE: This search is separate from the one for a Montana plane that also disappeared Saturday near Mazama. Ground crews are hoping to reach wreckage spotted in that search area Tuesday. No identification of the plane or occupants has been made at this point.
Missing Minnesota Plane - UPDATE 11:30 a.m. July 15: A WSDOT crew this morning located the wreckage believed to be a Minnesota plane that did not arrive in Orcas Island Saturday and was reported missing to authorities Tuesday. The search has been turned over to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, which will work to reach the site and make positive identifications of the plane and occupants. No identification has been made at this time. The wreckage site was found using radar coordinates from the aircraft's last know location on Saturday. Media inquiries should be directed to the Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo, 360-676-6650.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) initiated a search for a private aircraft that was traveling to Orcas Island from Minnesota with two passengers aboard. The aircraft never arrived on Saturday (July 11th) as scheduled. The aircraft was reported missing to the Washington State Department of Transportation on Tuesday evening. Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Civil Air Patrol initiated a search and located an aircraft crash site on Twin Sisters Mountain in Whatcom County (approximately 10 miles east of Acme) .
The incident was turned over to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office for further investigation and recovery. Aerial photographs of the site that were provided by WSOT indicate that debris is spread over a large area and no signs of human life.
The crash site is in a remote wilderness area with rugged terrain. Whatcom County Sheriff's Office deputies are analyzing the photographs and assessing how the site might best be safely accessed. Sheriff's Office deputies will be coordinating recovery efforts with Whatcom Search and Rescue.
At this point, the identity of the crashed aircraft has not been determined and it is not confirmed that it is the same aircraft from Minnesota that was reported missing.
Bill Elfo, Sheriff - 360-676-6650
UPDATE 3:50 p.m. July 15: At the request of the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, we’ve added a photo of the plane wreckage found in Whatcom County this morning to our Flickr account. The photo can used by media with a credit to WSDOT. The identity of plane and occupants will not be officially confirmed until crews can reach the site. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is charge of the search as well as any further updates.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/19541875078/
http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/search-continues-for-small-private.html
Missing Minnesota Plane - UPDATE 9:28 a.m. July 15: WSDOT Aviation Emergency Services has launched a search for a plane due to Orcas Island Saturday which never arrived. The search area is in Whatcom County at this point.
The private plane's two occupants were on vacation in the area from Minnesota and they did not arrive Saturday. We do not have an exact time it was due to Orcas Island on Saturday, just that it didn’t arrive. Family did not notify officials of the overdue plane until Tuesday night. More details will be announced as they become available.
NOTE: This search is separate from the one for a Montana plane that also disappeared Saturday near Mazama. Ground crews are hoping to reach wreckage spotted in that search area Tuesday. No identification of the plane or occupants has been made at this point.
Missing Minnesota Plane - UPDATE 11:30 a.m. July 15: A WSDOT crew this morning located the wreckage believed to be a Minnesota plane that did not arrive in Orcas Island Saturday and was reported missing to authorities Tuesday. The search has been turned over to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, which will work to reach the site and make positive identifications of the plane and occupants. No identification has been made at this time. The wreckage site was found using radar coordinates from the aircraft's last know location on Saturday. Media inquiries should be directed to the Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo, 360-676-6650.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) initiated a search for a private aircraft that was traveling to Orcas Island from Minnesota with two passengers aboard. The aircraft never arrived on Saturday (July 11th) as scheduled. The aircraft was reported missing to the Washington State Department of Transportation on Tuesday evening. Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Civil Air Patrol initiated a search and located an aircraft crash site on Twin Sisters Mountain in Whatcom County (approximately 10 miles east of Acme) .
The incident was turned over to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office for further investigation and recovery. Aerial photographs of the site that were provided by WSOT indicate that debris is spread over a large area and no signs of human life.
The crash site is in a remote wilderness area with rugged terrain. Whatcom County Sheriff's Office deputies are analyzing the photographs and assessing how the site might best be safely accessed. Sheriff's Office deputies will be coordinating recovery efforts with Whatcom Search and Rescue.
At this point, the identity of the crashed aircraft has not been determined and it is not confirmed that it is the same aircraft from Minnesota that was reported missing.
Bill Elfo, Sheriff - 360-676-6650
UPDATE 3:50 p.m. July 15: At the request of the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, we’ve added a photo of the plane wreckage found in Whatcom County this morning to our Flickr account. The photo can used by media with a credit to WSDOT. The identity of plane and occupants will not be officially confirmed until crews can reach the site. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is charge of the search as well as any further updates.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/19541875078/
