JANESVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) – The people who died in the crash of a small plane that took off from Appleton Tuesday have been identified. The Rock County Medical Examiner’s Department says Remington K. Viney, 26, of Kimberly, and Tanner W. Byholm, 25, of Glidden (Ashland County) both died in the crash, our ABC affiliate WKOW reported.Authorities said autopsies were performed on both of the victims. Preliminary results are pending further study.Tanner Byholm’s obituary says he was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and earned his flight instruction certification at Fox Valley Technical College. He served as a Marine Reservist and in the Air Force Reserve, in which he flew the A-10.Viney’s LinkedIn page says she was a certified flight instructor for Pilotsmith/CAVU in Appleton, Green Bay and Manitowoc, and served in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. According to Wisconsin Life and the Wisconsin State Journal, Viney, at the age of 19 and only months after receiving her pilot’s license, made a “textbook emergency landing” in a cornfield in Dodge County, resulting in no injuries and no damage to the plane. Women in Aviation International’s Four Lakes Chapter said Viney was a founding member of their chapter in Madison. We…
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Victims of Rock County plane crash were UW-Oshkosh graduate, Kimberly flight instructor
