Two people died in a plane crash on August 27, while two others were injured and transported to Mercy Medical Center.
A family friend of one of the victims confirmed that one of the people on the plane was Mike Garrett, the owner of Heavenly Donuts in Redding.
- we are learning more about thursday morning's plane crash that happened near bento airpark.
Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding where she met with close friend one of the victims. i met with a close family friend of one of the victims. and he says one of the victims was "mike garett".
The owner of heavenly donuts here in redding.
Take pk* take so* trt:20 ron lim close friend of mike's as a person mike was the greatest human being you could ever know, good guy.
Giving, smart, a business family man, yeah a family man.
The whole family.
2 sons & wife, the whole family was just super super nice ron lim says he's been friends with mike garett for 15 years.
And it all started when he bought a car.
Take so* trt:09 ron lim close friend of mike's i bought my roadrunner from him when it was just barebones and then built it up but 15 years ago i bought that from.
Lim described garett as pillar of the redding community... take so* trt: 09 ron lim close friend of mike's what they've done for the community over there years, thousands of donuts went to charities all over.
Who had a passion and commitment for flying.
Take so* trt:05 ron lim close friend of mike's very thorough, pre-flight & planning his flights and the community and a family still reeling from the tragedy.
Take so* trt:17 ron lim close friend anytime we lose a pilot it's just not a good thing, you know we all feel a loss when we lose a pilot, pilots are just a small family hoping to get answers.
Right now: the crash is still under investigation.
Both the ntsb and faa are handling the accident.
Reporting live in redding, ana