Gearhart, Or – The names of some of the victims of this morning’s plane crash have been identified. The pilot of the aircraft, who was killed in the crash has been identified as Jason Ketcheson (which has been spelled in other reports as Ketchson or Ketson). His age is not yet known. His passenger, who also died in the crash, was Frank Toohey, age 58. Both men are Clatsop County residents. Three children who were part of a family group vacationing in the home were also killed. Grace Masoudi, eight and half years of age, Hesam Farrar Masoudi, twelve years old, were both of Denver, Colorado. The third child, Julia Reimann, nine years old, was from Beaverton, Oregon. Their families were vacationing at the rental while also attending a family reunion.
Three other people in the house at the time of the crash, an adult female and two children, escaped from the home. The woman, Ruth Jackson-Reimann, age 47, was taken to Providence Seaside Hospital and flown by Lifeflight to the Burn Center at Emanuel Hospital. Witnesses say she was able to escape from the house with one of the children. The other child was able to escape from the house by jumping from a second story window. The two children were taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria and then transported to Emanuel Hopital. Their names are Christopher Reimann, age 13, and Sarah Reimann, age 11. There was no information on their condition available.
There is no additional information on the cause of the crash. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration are still inspecting the crash site, and expect to return to continue their work tomorrow. The area has been cordoned off, and personnel from the Gearhart Police Department and Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office will be on scene tonight. Members of the public are asked to stay away from the crash site until the investigation is completed.
City Manager Dennis McNally stated that while there have been questions about the response of the Seaside 911 dispatch center, which handled the emergency calls following the crash, according to the center’s call log the first call about the crash came in at 6:46 a.m. but the caller only reported hearing what he believed was a plane crashing – he did not know the location of the crash. About 40 seconds later, a second call came in reporting the location of the crash. Within a few seconds of that second call the dispatcher toned out local emergency responders.
While it has been reported that several people who called 911 to report the crash were not able to get through, the city manager wanted to clarify that according to the dispatch center’s official policy is that the dispatcher on duty is required to handle emergency calls for incidents that require immediate response before answering other calls. One dispatcher was on duty at the time of the incident, which is normal procedure for that time of day. The City Manager wanted it noted that emergency responders were toned out within a few seconds of the dispatcher learning the location of the incident.
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