Father, young son killed in Yakima plane crash

By Associated Press and KOMO News Staff

Summary

A father and his young son were killed and his 5-year-old daughter critically injured in a single-engine plane crash Sunday afternoon near the Tieton Air Strip just east of Rimrock Lake in Yakima County.

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Story Published: Jun 28, 2009 at 5:48 PM PST

Story Updated: Jun 29, 2009 at 11:27 AM PST

Father, young son killed in Yakima plane crash

Justin Reed and his daughter Julie are shown in a family photo. Julie survived the crash, Justin and his son, Parrin, 13, were killed.

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A father and his young son were killed and his 5-year-old daughter critically injured in a single-engine plane crash Sunday afternoon near the Tieton Air Strip just east of Rimrock Lake in Yakima County.

The Yakima County Coroner's Office Sunday night identified the dead as 37-year-old Justin Reed of Yakima and his 13-year-old son, Parrin. Reed's daughter, Julie, suffered head injuries and multiple fractures, and was airlifted to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center after first being taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.

The plane, a single-engine 1974 Cessna-172 Skyhawk rental owned by McCormick Air Center of Yakima, went down about a half mile east of the Tieton Air Strip near the east end of the lake, around 3:10 p.m.

Allen Kenitzer, regional spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said he wasn't sure of the plane's destination or point of departure.

Rimrock Lake is south of U.S. Highway 12, about 40 miles west of Yakima and roughly 15 miles east of White Pass.

In October 2007, a plane crash east of White Pass killed nine skydivers and the pilot.