(Fort Dodge, Iowa) – Officials with the Fort Dodge Regional Airport, Saturday afternoon, released the names of four people – all from Iowa -who died after their plane took-off from Iowa and crashed just short of their destination runway in Anderson, Indiana.The four were identified by the Madison County (Indiana) Coroner on Saturday.

The victims were:

• Joseph R. Scallon, age 68, of Iowa Falls, Iowa
• “Owen” James Renaud, age 19, of Alden, Iowa
• Jesse H. Ostheimer, age 41, of Alden, Iowa
• Branden W. Hicks, age 36, of Manson, Iowa

Airport officials in Fort Dodge say Branden Hicks was a private flight instructor based out of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. And, “While he wasn’t a city airport employee, he was a much loved member of the airport family and will be forever missed.”

The accident was first reported at around 9:50-a.m., Friday (Sept. 6th), when a 911 call came in to County Dispatch of a plane down in the area of 4200 block East 100 South, approximately two miles south/east of the Anderson Airport in the corn field. Units were dispatched, and on arrival found a single engine airplane down and on fire. Additional resources were dispatched, and the fire was quickly extinguished.

The federal authorities, FAA and NTSB as well as the County Coroner and additional needed resources were notified to respond to the incident.  It was quickly acquired that the plane had departed Fort Dodge, Iowa, enroute to the Anderson Airport, and for an undetermined reason lost altitude, and crashed.

The crash is still being investigated.