Overview

• Fire crews were dispatched just after 1 p.m. to a field near Goheen Airport north of Battle Ground and found the aircraft fully engulfed.
• Engine 22 arrived in about seven minutes, and firefighters quickly contained the blaze to the wreckage and surrounding field.
• The FAA said the downed aircraft was a single-engine Cessna 172.
• The Clark County Sheriff’s Office secured the site and is coordinating with the FAA and NTSB to investigate the cause.
• Officials have not released the number of people aboard or identified the victims, and investigators say preliminary findings typically come within weeks with final reports taking a year or more.