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Aug 18, 2008 6:47 pm US/Mountain

Summit Co. Will Help NTSB Get To Plane Crash Site

Reporting
Andrea Lopez
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) ― Federal investigators are at the wreckage of a plane trying to figure out what caused it to crash, killing a family of four from Texas.

A hiker made the discovery on Mount Guyot near the Park and Summit county line Sunday.

Family members in Texas said they are still in shock. Some relatives arrived in Colorado Monday. The family will be able to take the victims' bodies after autopsies are performed. The bodies were taken to Jefferson County.

"Fortunately were able to get the assistance of Flight for Life to extricate the bodies from the landing zone adjacent to the crash site," said Derek Woodman, Summit County Undersheriff.

Without Flight for Life, the recovery would have been grueling and taken much more time.

The rescuers and the Summit County Sheriff's Office will help investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board get back into the area to examine the plane.

"Just like any type of crash, we are going to look for point of impact, any potential causes that might be evident at the crash scene itself," Woodman said.

Thomas Paul Jacomini Jr. was piloting the four-seater Cessna 182 when it left Steamboat Springs on Friday, sheriff's officials said. His wife, 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter were also on board, sheriff's spokeswoman Paulette Horr said. Other family members alerted Civil Air Patrol on Saturday that the plane was overdue.

"Tommy was an excellent pilot, exemplary pilot, he's been interested in planes all his life," said Don Ervin, Jacomini's Uncle

"In a weird way we are fortunate and happy that they're all together," said Kathy Masterson, a family friend.

The NTSB said they will try to remove the wreckage, which is normally stored in a hangar so investigators can continue study it.

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