Show J Jn Jr JM n it I e M r i se e ei i a 4 S v 4 vI 1 r Is 1 i v r rr r M ve f t a ran t P r Y r wa u ut t i r r p pa a DE DEATH TH SCENE Torn aluminum and blackened ashes still bei being 9 consumed by flaming aviation gas were a grim stillI gre greeting ting for members of the rescue rescue unit nit first on the scene I A farT ly of five Diego perished when their light t 4 i Fa s i ti L t fit t t a ac c qty r N ts I h r hj y yI 4 P r 1 i M h r ro o LI E Of T The path of the single ned plane as a's it sheared into the Kabell Hol- Hol Hollow low dw ridge starkly shown by the broken trunks of these quaking aspens Tree trunks foot In diameter were broken by the Impact o of the plane and Its five g gars rs Staff phOto Family Dies in Airplane Crash N North rth of Vernal I r A plane sma smashed hed Into the side bf a ridge Saturday ne near r the Red Cloud Loop and n a family of five perished In inflames flames es 18 miles north of V Vernal Those killed were as Donald L La Mansfield 41 hj h wife Arlene 39 19 and their three da daughters Terrie lOr 16 Donna ponna 15 am Robin 14 A family dog diel with them The family was from their San Diego to II Montanan Montana to Mrs l Mansfields Mansfield's mother mether THE PLANEr PLANE which had talc talc- an earlier from a stop at the Vernal air r purl failed to clear the the r ridge ridgetop d c top about one half milo mile west of 41 just south of the entrance to Red Cloud Loop n near ar Kabell Kabel Hollow It II sheared sheard Into a 3 grove rove of quaking aspens about pm and exploded before the eyes of a tourist III fat m an ily ly driving alon along the highway to tol l Flaming jor forgo e Thc i the crash to the highway Patrol P Gilbert S Bennett Vernal airport manager m who was fJ flying ing in the area received word of the crash bY radio He He- He was was over the crash scene shortly Continued on page 8 I plane sliced through trees and exploded nea near Kabel Hol- Hol Hollow Hol low lust just off highway 44 north of Vernal This photo was low token taken by J L L Bown of Salt lake City one of the first to reach reath the crash Cla h v w S I II I j I Continued Continued from from page 1 1 j after and reported the downed craft was was completely engulfed n n flames Units of the county search and rescue jeep patrol brought out the bodies Satur Satur- Saturday day night Federal investigators from Salt Lake and Denver ex cx- cx the wreckage Sunday A GROUP from Salt Lake City were standing along the Creek Creck Gorge Gorg section of he fhe Vernal Manila highway ad miring the scenery when the i plane was noticed approaching the the mountains from the south As it neared the crest of a hill they noticed that t it apparently lost power and then crashed into the hillside There was an anC C explosion and metal flew through the air They were the first at the site J L Casey Bown admin assistant of the Utah State Department of Fish and Game was in the vicinity and noticed the smoke from fro the burning plane lie He drove to the site and was one of oE the first to arrive at the scene Ie said that the passengers and pilot must have met Instant death after he viewed the char red bodies |