Plane wreckage pulled from Columbia River after deadly crash

ASTORIA, Ore. — Construction crews helped pull the wreckage of an antique plane from the Columbia River Tuesday afternoon, several days after a former Clark County commissioner and a friend crashed into the water near Astoria.

John McKibbin was helping his friend Irene Mustain scatter the ashes of her late husband last Wednesday evening. The two took off in his antique plane from Pearson Field in Vancouver, and crashed soon after.

McKibbin's body was pulled from the water last Friday, and he was laid to rest by his friends and family last weekend. Mustain's body was found Monday.

McKibbin, 69, served two terms as a state representative before he was elected to the county commission in 1978. He left office in 1990 to become a real estate developer, but he remained active in the community.

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