Pilot, passenger in Woodland plane crash identified

Published 7:18 pm Monday, April 25, 2016

WOODLAND — Authorities have released the names of the pilot and passenger injured in a small plane crash that killed another passenger Thursday in Woodland.

Woodland police say Angus Walker, 52, of Woodinville, piloted the single-engine plane that went off the end of the runway and crashed through a fence.

The Columbian reported that Jacob Kuper, 36, of Enumclaw, and Marc Messina, 56, of Renton, were passengers in the plane. Messina was pronounced dead at the scene.

Walker and Kuper were taken to a local hospital, treated and released.

The plane is registered to a Woodinville corporation and was bound for Renton.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.