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Stories by Dawn Feldhaus

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August 9, 2011
A single-engine, four passenger airplane -- a Piper Comanche P24-250 -- flown by Wilbert "Skeets" Mehrer, crashed Wednesday afternoon in a field approximately 1/2 mile from Grove Field Airport. Mehrer, 84, of Canby, Ore., was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

Pilot’s death is determined to be accidental

As the area's piloting community grieves the loss of one of its own and remembers him fondly, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Traffic Safety Board continue to investigate the cause of the plane crash involving Wilbert "Skeets" Mehrer. He died Aug. 3, in a plane crash in Fern Prairie. Mehrer, 84, of Canby, Ore., was flying from Hermiston, Ore., to Grove Field, when the crash occurred in a field near English Auto, 26710 N.E. 19th St. There were no passengers on board. The Camas Police and Fire departments, as well as East County Fire and Rescue, were dispatched at 4:40 p.m. Mehrer's death has been determined to be accidental due to multiple blunt force injuries, following an autopsy performed Friday by the Clark County Medical Examiners Office. No other significant factors are listed on the death certificate.

August 4, 2011
A single-engine, four passenger airplane -- a Piper Comanche P24-250 -- flown by Wilbert "Skeets" Mehrer, crashed Wednesday afternoon in a field approximately 1/2 mile from Grove Field Airport. Mehrer, 84, of Canby, Ore., was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

WWII Plane collector dies in Fern Prairie crash

A pilot who was well known among the aviation community at Grove Field Airport died Wednesday afternoon in a plane crash in Fern Prairie. Wilbert "Skeets" Mehrer, 84, of Canby, Ore., was flying from Hermiston, Ore., to Grove Field Airport, when the crash occurred in a field near English Auto, 26710 N.E. 19th St. There were no passengers on board.