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Men killed in plane crash while monitoring wildfire were former fire chief, pilot


Men killed in plane crash while monitoring wildfire were former fire chief, pilot
Chelsea Curtis, Arizona Republic
© Bureau of Land Management
Matthew Miller, pilot with Falcon Executive Aviation (left), and Jeff Piechura, air tactical group supervisor.
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,  according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.  ....

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