Three South Bay residents died in a plane crash in Alaska last week, authorities said.
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The small plane collision, which claimed the lives of four people, occurred on Aug. 26 in the Seldovia Slough, a body of water off of the town of Seldovia, according to a statement from the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
The three Bay Area residents killed in the crash were Ronald Schmidt, a 65-year-old resident of San Jose, Lance Schmidt, a 20-year-old resident of San Jose, and Daniel Simons, an 82-year-old resident of Los Gatos, authorities said.
The fourth decedent was the pilot, a 68-year-old resident of Anchorage, Alaska identified as Eric Middlebrook.
Alaska state troopers were notified of the plane crash around 1:18 p.m., authorities said.
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The Piper PA-24 aircraft had taken off from the Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage and was bound for Seldovia, authorities added. It crashed into the water, where it was entirely submerged.
Four deceased adults were located in and removed from the aircraft after the tide went down around 6:30 p.m., authorities said. The bodies of the decedents were sent to the Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office.
The incident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which determines the causes of transit accidents, according to a statement posted by the agency to social media site X.
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