Within minutes, a rescue team had reached the crash site. The Cessna T-210 aircraft upon impact broke up into a number of pieces and the aircraft was completely engulfed in a ball of fire. The fire was put out and the bodies of Bob Ross and his son Michael were removed and taken to the Baxter County coroner's office.

Authorities reported that they recovered a cell phone at the crash site. Upon inspection they learned that there were photos of the two pilots on the cell phone. They electronically sent the photos to family members who confirmed their identities. The fixed wing single engine Cessna T-210 is owned by Monterey Bay Aviation, Inc of Watsonville California. The FAA and NTSB arrived to the crash site and they have begun to investigate Tuesday?s crash.

Bob Ross had been a flight instructor for United Flight located at Watsonville Municipal Airport, Watsonville, California for a number of years. In 2002, he learned that the owners of the company wanted to sell the business so he and a coworker, Alicia M?rquez, formed their own company Monterey Bay Aviation and purchased United Flight and named it United Flight Services. Today the flight school continues in United Flight's tradition of supporting safe and reliable flight training on the central coast.