2 Californians Die in Plane Crash in Idaho
Two California men were found dead in the wreckage of their light plane in a mountain area near here, 13 days after they took off on a flight from San Diego.
The Washington County sheriff’s office said a rancher spotted the wreckage Thursday night at Hitt Mountain, eight miles west of Cambridge and near the Idaho-Oregon border.
Dead were the pilot, Grady Gaylord, 58, and his son, Larry, 25, both of San Diego. The two men left San Diego Nov. 13 in a single-engine Cessna 180. Officials said Gaylord reportedly planned to stop in Caldwell to inspect property he was considering buying.
Gaylord was flying over the Paradise Mountain Military Operations Area about 30 miles north of the Nevada border when his plane disappeared from the FAA radar screen.
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