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Published October 25, 2026 1:46pm | Updated October 25, 2026 2:56pm

Three people were killed when a small plane went down in Gunnison County, according to the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office and the Gunnison County Coroner’s Office .

The three have been identified as Mark Hendrickson, 46, Alan Hendrickson, 15, and Case Hendrickson, 13, all of New Castle.

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The Gunnison Regional 9-1-1 Center received a report of the downed plane in a “remote wilderness area near Swampy Pass” at around 9:20 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Emergency crews were dispatched to the area, where they found the crash site. All three people were pronounced dead on the scene.

The circumstances of the crash remained under investigation by the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and U.S.…