UPDATED 11.6.09 6:30pm by Heather Biance

Neighbors described Mark Revet as a quiet man who kept to himself, but was always friendly.

Revet moved from Hoosick Falls, New York, a couple of years ago, where his only daughter Kimberly still lives.

He had been working at Pro Biodiesel in Tallahassee for the past six weeks and his boss tells me, Revet was very excited about bringing the biodiesel industry to Tallahassee.

Michael Piette is the founder and president of Analytical Economics, Inc in Tallahassee.

Zoom-info-dot-com says Piette has been published several times in professional economics journals.

He has a tenured faculty position at the University of Hartford and served as an adjunct teacher at Florida State University ... where he earned both his M.B.A. in finance and a Ph.D. in economics.

He is a graduate of Florida State Universtiy, earning both his M.B.A. in finance and a Ph.D. in economics.

The site also says Dr. Piette is the president-elect of the National Association of Forensic Economics.

We have requested photos and interviews with family members but they say they're not ready to make any comments at this time.

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UPDATED 11.6.09 2:30pm

NTSB investigators continue to work at the crash site where 58 year old Mark Revet and 63 year old Michael Piette were killed.

Their plane crashed soon after take off from the Tallahassee airport Wednesday night.

Investigator Brian Rayner says there is no way to know which man was at the controls when the plane crashed and the plane's final communication with the tower was simply its call sign. He described the tone as "business like" but says of course that is a subjective assessment.

Rayner says investigators will be examining the engine this afternoon. So far, none of the plane's other components have indicated there were any mehcanical problems, he said.

The tops of several pine trees at the crash scene were sheared off and the angle of descent, Rayner said, indicates the plane may have been headed back toward the airport.

Rayner says he will issue his preliminary report by the end of next week.
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Updated 2:12 p.m 11-6

LCSO Press Release:

On Wednesday November 4, 2009, at approximately 7:28PM, Leon County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a possible plane crash. Tallahassee Regional Airport reported that a plane may have crashed northwest of the airport.

The Tallahassee Fire Department and Sheriff’s Deputies began a search of the National Forest between the airport and Aenon Church Road. The wreckage of a Cessna 172 aircraft was located approximately 1 mile northwest of the airport.

The Cessna 172 is a four-seat, single-engine aircraft. The aircraft cockpit had been extremely compromised and the pilots were deceased.

Tallahassee Fire Fighters and Sheriff’s Deputies secured the crash site and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration were advised of the crash.

Tentative identification of the pilots was made on scene and their families notified.

Senior NTSB Air Safety Investigator Brian Rayner arrived in Tallahassee on Thursday morning and began an investigation into this crash. According to Investigator Rayner, early reports indicate the plane crashed soon after it took off from the Tallahassee Regional Airport Wednesday night.

Rayner reported the pilots were practicing airport traffic patterns and crashed soon after take off. According to Rayner, air traffic controllers realized something was wrong when they spotted a fire in the nearby National Forest.

There is no indication the pilot(s) issued any type of distress call.

An autopsy of the deceased was conducted Thursday afternoon and attended by Leon County Sheriff’s Deputies.

Positive identification could not be made by the Medical Examiners Office until late Friday morning.

The pilots are identified as Mark Revet (58yoa) and Michael Piette (63yoa), both from Tallahassee.

Sheriff’s Deputies continue to assist the NTSB with their investigation of this crash.

We will bring you more information and photos as soon as they become available.
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Updated 12:30 p.m 11-6

Authorities have released the names of the two people on board a single engine plane that crashed in Tallahassee Wednesday.

The Medical Examiner's Office says 58-year-old Mark Revet and
63-year-old Michael Piette died after their Cessna 172 crashed into the forest near the Tallahassee Regional Airport around 7:30p.m.

We do not have pictures available at this time.

We will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available.
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Updated 11 a.m 11-6

We now know more about Wednesday night's plane crash in the national forest that killed both passengers on board.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it happened around 7:30 p.m. as the pilot of the single engine Cessna was practicing takeoffs and landings from Tallahassee Regional Airport.

NTSB investigators were on scene Thursday, and while they can confirm the cockpit was heavily damaged by the impact and by fire, they say it's too soon to say what caused the crash.

The identities of the two people on board are also being withheld at this time.

Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for continuing coverage of the Tallahassee Plane Crash.

We'll also have round-the-clock coverage on Eyewitness News and WCTV.TV.
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UPDATED 11.05.09 7pm by Julie Montanaro

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the crash scene off Aenon Church Road Thursday afternoon and began to document the crash scene.

NTSB Air Safety Investigator Brian Rayner says the plane went down soon after it took off from the Tallahassee Regional Airport Wednesday night. Rayner says the pilot was practicing traffic patterns, take-offs and landings, and crashed soon after the first take off. Rayner says the pilot did not issue any type of distress call. Air traffic controllers realized something was wrong when they spotted a fire in the woods nearby.

Helicopters flew over the crash scene much of the day Thursday as deputies took pictures of the wreckage from the air. Rayner says debris from the crash is strewn over 200 yards and the cockpit was badly damaged by the impact and subsequent fire.

The Cessna 172 is registered to Eagle Aircraft , a flight school and charter service headquartered at Tallahassee Regional Airport. Folks there had no comment on the crash.

Authorities have not yet released the names of the two people on board. Rayner says one was a commercial pilot with an instructors license and the other did hold a private pilot's license, but he could not yet comment on the flight experience of either one.

The bodies were removed from the crash scene Wednesday night and autopsies were performed Thursday afternoon. A Leon County Sheriff's Office spokesman says they will likely release the names of the crash victims Friday.

The NTSB has scheduled a 1:00 press briefing on Friday.

We talked to many residents who live near the crash scene, but no one we met heard or saw anything Wednesday night except the rush of fire trucks and patrol cars headed toward the crash scene afterward.

An airport spokesman says conditions at the time of the crash were clear and it does not appear that smoke from a controlled burn nearby was a factor.

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Updated 4:45p.m. 11/5/2009

NTSB Investigator Brian Rayner has completed the preliminary review and says the Cessna was possibly practicing traffic patterns, like taking off and landing

The plane crashed after the first take off

Rayner says there was no distress call. The first knowledge of the accident was a fire sparked by the crash that alerted air traffic control.

Debris from the crash stretched for about 200 yards

The cockpit of the Cessna is badly damaged by impact and fire.

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Updated 10:42 a.m 11/5/20095

We are still awaiting information about the cause of the plane crash and the names of the two people on board who were killed.

An FAA spokeswoman says the plane was a Cessna 172 which holds four people. She said the plane had just taken off from the Tallahassee Regional Airport around 7:20pm Wednesday.

They don't have any more information on the circumstance of the crash.

The NTSB has an investigator on the way. He is expected to arrive around 3:30pm Thursday afternoon.

The plane is registered to the Eagle Air Corporation On Capital Circle SW in Tallahassee and we are trying to reach them for comment.

We will have more information as soon as it becomes available.
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The Leon County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that two people are dead after a plane crashed in the National Forest between the Tallahassee Regional Airport and Highway 20. A command post is set up on Highway 20 in Leon County.

The crash site is about two miles north of the airport and at this time, LCSO says they are now in the recovery phase of the investigation and say there are no known survivors.

LCSO has also confirmed that the downed plane is a single engine aircraft.

NTSB officials will be on site Thursday to continue the investigation. As of now, the identities of the two people who died have not been released.

The initial report came to deputies by another plane who reported a small plane going down near the Tallahassee Regional Airport.

We will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available.