Clayton Beck Investigation Draws No Conclusion

Clayton Beck, a skiing coach at Alpine Meadows, was a fixture in the local skiing community and trained Olympians Johnny Mosely and Shannon Bahkre.

Investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board into the July 2 airplane crash that took Beck’s life found no mechanical failures in the plane, heavy smoke in the Sierra Valley, but draws no conclusions.

The investigation included the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department where the missing person report was filed, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Department where the death occurred and the safety board, which is investigating the crash, said Sheriff-Coroner John Evans with the Sierra County office.

“For our part we determined the cause of death — massive multiple blunt-force trauma from crashing into the ground and trees — we determined the death as an accident,” Evans said.

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