Federal investigators released a preliminary report Monday on last month’s Cessna 140 crash off the Humboldt County coast, which killed a student pilot and seriously injured a passenger.
The incident on Aug. 17 claimed the life of Brian Kenneth Mariette, 48, of Santa Rosa, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy determined he drowned.
Records from the Federal Aviation Administration show Mariette held a student pilot certificate, which bars carrying passengers…