Jason Baldwin  of Laguna Beach is dead along with friends Jeffrey Teneyck a friend of Baldwin since kindergarten, Rick Olauson, a college friend and Daniel M. Neuman of Foothill Ranch, the pilot. All 4 dead after the Cessna 210 piloted by Neuman crashed into the ocean off the Orange County coast. The location from Dana Point is 3 miles S.S.W. at L. N.33`24.589 L. W 117` 40.947. Baldwin 35 an off-road racer was returning from a race in Mexico. 

Zandra Neuman Dan's wife of 14 years told the Times "Dan loved flying, it was his life," Anyone who knew Dan Neuman - in any situation - knew he knew what to do. Whatever happened was a catastrophe. He'll be missed more than anyone can ever know."

 

Daniel Neuman Pilot

                      

Marker at crash location - Photo Laguna Journal

According to the report. Baldwin's sister, Kelley Renezeder, said the cause of the crash remained unknown Sunday night. While they wait for answers, the family is celebrating the life of a man who "lived life to the fullest," she said.

"It was his time to go. We will all learn in our way why he died," said Renezeder, 39, who last saw her brother Friday, while he competed in Mexico. "He did not die as though he never lived. He lived each day to the fullest."

She said Teneyck, who lived in Wyoming, and Baldwin went to Laguna Beach High School together. 

According to sheriff's Lt. Erin Giudice "underwater search and recovery team located the nearly intact Cessna 210 by sonar after it went down around 2 p.m. 

Holding a press conference at the Sheriff's Harbor Patrol office in Dana Point Harbor. Lt. Giudice said, "I went out there yesterday myself no bodies have yet been recovered but investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will attempt to raise the plane out of the 210' dark cold and deep water at day break Tuesday morning

Lt. Erin Giudice Orange County Sheriff's Harbor Patrol - Photo Laguna Journal

     
No identities were officially released today and are expected only after recovery Sheriff spokesmen Jim Amormino said. However Jason's Father made it official this evening by telling the media it was his son. The plane took off from San Felipe, Mexico, made a stop in San Diego during good weather and was headed for John Wayne Airport according to U.S. Customs. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

According to the Orange County Register, the plane is registered to a Newport Beach company, TR Builder Corp. on Newport Center Drive, according to Federal Aviation Administration records. The president of the general contractor is Alfred E. Baldwin, 62, a resident of Emerald Bay in Laguna Beach, public records show. Brothers Alfred and James Baldwin earlier co-owned the Baldwin Co., a homebuilding giant until declared bankrupt in 1995. Jason Baldwin's father, James, said from his Laguna Beach home "my son Jason was on the plane according to the Coast Guard."  Neighbors told the Journal that they believe Jason was on the plane that crashed and that the Dad was taking a helicopter to look over the seen."  Jason Baldwin and his younger brother Josh 29 were in Mexico for the Baja 1000 off-road race. Josh is believed not to be on the Cessna 210 that went down taking his brothers life the cause of that crash is still unknown. Both brothers are well-known in off-road racing.  Father, James Baldwin, a former desert racer himself, purchased the off-road racing entity Championship Off-Road   Racing, the sanctioning body for off-road events held at Crandon International Off-Road   Raceway.   The Cessna, reported to have taken off from San Felipe, Mexico, Saturday morning and stopped in San Diego for customs check. The plane then left Brown Field Municipal Airport for Orange County's John Wayne International Airport.  An emergency call went out at 2:03 p.m. from Capt. Jim Wehan, on the historical Tall Ship Spirit of Dana Point. Wehan, his crew and about 38 passengers were three miles out on a routine day sail when Wehan heard first mate John Kraus, 34, yelling from the bow...He first thought they had sighted a whale " I could then see it was a small aircraft, it did not stay up long, it started sinking almost immediately. We launched our small boat but by the time we got there it was gone with only what appeared to be a fuel slick on flat water."  The brothers were believed in San Felipe, Mexico, for the Baja 1000 off-road race where they finished sixth and nineteenth out of a field of 342 respectively.                                                                                                                                            Capt. Jim "Skip" Wehan Skipper of the Tall Ship Sprit - Photo Laguna Journal                               Photo Laguna Journal TALL SHIP SPRIT: DOCKED IN DANA POINT HARBOR Owned and operated by the Ocean Institute Dana Point California  (949) 496-2274

                                                                      Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Nellie Nelson. Close friends of Jason Baldwin. On their boat having just paid there respects at the crash site. Mark and Jason attended Laguna High together.

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