Victims of plane crash in Valley County identified as Lewiston man and son

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The two victims of a small plane crash last month in Valley County have been identified as 48-year-old Neal Humphrey and his 15-year-old son Cooper Humphrey.

According the Valley County Sheriff’s Office, the two had taken off from the Lower Loon Airstrip at about 7:30 p.m. June 26 and were flying to the Johnson Creek Airstrip 3 miles south of Yellow Pine.

The Piper Pacer PA-20 was reported overdue the next day by the Idaho Division of Aeronautics.

A Forest Service pilot spotted wreckage from the crash at about 11:45 a.m. June 27 on a steep hillside with a small fire burning.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.

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