# @dubseanews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DealCa5HxNx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71653738-dubseanews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T01:00:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** dubseanews (@dubseanews) — https://gondola.cc/dubseanews

## Caption

Missing Plane Found Crashed Near Okanogan, Pilot And Passenger Dead After Search🚨✈️

A small plane that vanished from radar over northeastern Washington has been found crashed in Aeneas Valley near Tonasket. The 1976 Piper Cub was reported missing Saturday, October 10, after losing contact with Seattle Center air traffic control while flying from Penticton, British Columbia, to Grangeville, Idaho.

Washington State Department of Transportation search crews located the wreckage around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, October 11. The pilot, 61-year-old Nicholas Grachanin, and passenger Jim Merik were found dead inside the aircraft. The search involved state and local agencies and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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