10 Years Ago: Plane crash kills 4

  • Dan Bender/La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
    Dan Bender/La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
  • RIGHT: From left, San Juan County Sheriff's Office deputy Bruce Conrad points to the area where plane debris was found as he briefs Dennis Beauford of the K9 Search and Rescue Team of Dolores, Colo., and San Juan County Search and Rescue Team member Jim Donovan Sunday morning, Dec. 4, as they start out on a trek to the crash site. With them is a search dog, Axel. Mark Esper/Silverton Standard & the Miner
    RIGHT: From left, San Juan County Sheriff's Office deputy Bruce Conrad points to the area where plane debris was found as he briefs Dennis Beauford of the K9 Search and Rescue Team of Dolores, Colo., and San Juan County Search and Rescue Team member Jim Donovan Sunday morning, Dec. 4, as they start out on a trek to the crash site. With them is a search dog, Axel. Mark Esper/Silverton Standard & the Miner
  • ABOVE: Emergency officials at the command post along County Road 110 just north of Silverton, wait as a search continues in Soda Gulch on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A plane crash there killed four people Saturday afternoon. More photos, Page 5.
    ABOVE: Emergency officials at the command post along County Road 110 just north of Silverton, wait as a search continues in Soda Gulch on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A plane crash there killed four people Saturday afternoon. More photos, Page 5.
Aircraft plunged into Soda Gulch north of Silverton, Dec. 3, 2011 Four Durango residents were killed in a plane crash a mile and a half from Silverton on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 3, amid intense snow squalls in the San Juan Mountains. Those who died were identified as Steve Osborne, 59, Jan (Measles) Osborne, 50, Tyler Black, 24, and Gena Rych, 27. They were enroute from Durango to Aspen to…

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