by Dustan Biegler Obituary, Death – An airplane crash that took place on Wednesday in the southeastern part of the state of Nebraska claimed the lives of two people, according to the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office. The crash took place in the southeast portion of the state. At around 11 o’clock at night, a call was received by Nemaha County dispatch regarding a missing small plane that had taken off from Lincoln in the direction of an airport located to the east of Auburn. The pilot of the missing plane was said to have gone missing after taking off. The information that was provided by the sheriff’s office indicates that the airplane did not return to Lincoln as scheduled, despite the fact that it was believed that it would do so. This was the contrary of what was expected to occur. Eventually, sheriff’s deputies in Auburn were able to locate the remains of an airplane that had crashed about a mile and a half to the south of the airport in Auburn.
At the scene of the crash, the two occupants were identified as a man named Colton Hill, who was 24 years old, and a man named Dustan Biegler, who was 41 years old. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Both Colton Hill and Dustan Biegler were originally from their respective towns of Kearney and Valparaiso, respectively. Both the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will now separately conduct their own investigation into the events that led up to the disaster in order to identify what exactly caused the incident. His educational background includes time spent at the University of Nebraska in Kearney, where he studied in aviation and was active on the baseball team. Colton also played baseball during his time at the university. In 2022, he was given his high school diploma and graduated with honors.
The college has issued a press release in which they express their “sincere sympathies” to Colton’s loved ones, including his family, friends, and those who were close to him. We are going to miss having him here with us. “Our sincere sympathies come from the complete UNK family.” “Colton was a well-known figure around campus as well as in the aviation communities of Kearney and UNK.” We are sorry for your loss and can empathize with the pain that you are going through at this time.
