Last modified October 6, 2005 - 9:32 am 2 die in crash of small plane; sheriff identifies victims
2 die in crash of small plane; sheriff identifies victims CHEYENNE -- Washakie County Sheriff Gary Mitchell on Thursday identified two Florida residents who died in a plane crash in the Bighorn Mountains. Alfred Terry Sutley and Sharon Hicks, both of Miramar Beach, Fla., died when their plane crashed Tuesday in a mountainous area between Worland and Casper. The 57-year-old Sutley owned and was flying the plane. Mitchell on Wednesday told the Northern Wyoming Daily News that he doubted the two bodies could be removed immediately from the site overnight because of darkness and potential bad weather. The single-engine Beechcraft went down after a distress call from one of the two people on board said the wings were icing up and the aircraft was losing altitude. Mitchell said the crash site was spotted in southeast Washakie County from the air by a Civil Air Patrol plane, which directed searchers to the site. His office was notified at 3:50 p.m. that the plane had been found, Mitchell said. Low clouds and inclement weather prevented an aerial search all day Tuesday and for much of the day Wednesday. Two planes that made a first attempt early Wednesday afternoon had to return to Casper because of clouds over the area, according to George Twitchell, head of the Wyoming Civil Air Patrol's search efforts. Mitchell said the plane took off from Bridger, Mont., en route to Kansas City, with a planned stop in Casper.
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Suchmannschaften haben am Mittwoch ein Kleinflugzeug vom Typ „Beechcraft“ gefunden, das am Dienstag in einer Gebirgsgegend zwischen Worland und Casper zerschellt ist.

Die zwei Insassen der Maschine, ein Mann und eine Frau, haben nach Behördenangaben den Absturz nicht überlebt. Der Sheriff der Gegend, Gary Mitchell, glaubte wegen der schwierigen Lage des Flugzeugs und der Schlechtwetterlage an der Absturzstelle nicht an eine baldige Bergung der Leichen. Zwei Flugzeuge, die am Mittwoch die Suche begannen, mussten unverrichteter Dinge wieder umkehren.

Am Dienstagmorgen ging ein Notruf von der Maschine aus, der von vereisten Tragflächen berichtete. Dadurch habe die Maschine an Höhe verloren. Die Identität der beiden Flugzeuginsassen konnte nicht sofort geklärt werden.