Piechura, 62, and Matthew Miller, 48, were on board the Beechcraft King Air C90 aircraft when it crashed on Saturday, according to a statement from the Bureau of Land Management.
Piechura was an air tactical group supervisor employed by the Coronado National Forest. An air tactical group supervisor coordinates incident airspace, manages incident air traffic, and is the link between ground personnel and incident aircraft,
Miller was identified in the statement as a fire pilot employed with Falcon Executive Aviation, Inc, which is contracted by the U.S. Forest Service. Their remains have been recovered from the crash cite, according to the statement.
Arizona Republic
Matthew Miller, 48, and Jeff Piechura, 62, were on board the Beechcraft King Air C90 aircraft when it crashed on Saturday, according to a statement from the Bureau of Land Management.
Miller was identified in the statement as a fire pilot employed with Falcon Executive Aviation, Inc, which is contracted by the U.S. Forest Service.
Piechura was an air tactical group supervisor employed by the Coronado National Forest. An air tactical group supervisor coordinates incident airspace, manages incident air traffic, and is the link between ground personnel and incident aircraft,
Their remains have been recovered from the crash site, according to the statement.
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Two firefighters are killed when their plane crashes while battling Cedar Basin wildfire in Arizona
The firefighters have not yet been officially named however one of the firefighters, Chief Jeff Piechura, was identified by his friend in a Facebook post
The Arizona Bureau of Land Management said the aircraft crashed around noon while helping battle the Cedar Basin Fire
The fire has burned 300 acres near Wikieup, a tiny community of about 100
The plane was performing aerial reconnaissance and command and control
The NTSB said in a statement posted to Twitter that the plane was a Beech C-90 and that an investigator is responding to the crash scene