WHITE PASS -- Standing in front of a gathering of reporters near the White Pass lodge, the Craig family clung tightly together Tuesday, holding each other as they spoke about their dead son and brother, Casey.

The family -- like friends and relatives of the other nine people killed Sunday when a plane full of sky divers crashed nearby -- had come to this ski lodge to remember. The Craigs pulled into one another as waves of grief rocked them with each fresh memory of the 30-year-old who loved to sky-dive.

"We lost our little brother, Casey Craig, but we lost a lot of other people, too," said Ivy Green, Craig's older sister.

Recovery teams working at the crash site southwest of Rimrock Lake retrieved the last of the dead at 6 p.m. Tuesday, more than 22 hours after the wreckage was discovered on the densely forested hillside.

Mike Robertson, a safety inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration, said an initial review of the crash site seemed to show that the plane came in very fast and at a steep angle.

Inspectors with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will be examining the crash site in coming days in an attempt to determine what caused the crash. Robertson said it's too early to tell if wet, cold weather in the area contributed to the crash, or what role mechanical failure may have played.

"Today, we were more concerned with getting the folks out," the Spokane-based inspector said. "Tomorrow, we'll be focusing more on the aircraft."

The plane -- a single-engine Cessna 208B Grand Caravan owned by Kapowsin Air Sports in Shelton -- was coming back from the Boise, Idaho, area Sunday night when it went down. On board were the 46-year-old pilot and nine sky divers, most of whom were regulars at Snohomish's Harvey Airfield.

A hunter reported seeing a low-flying plane with what sounded like engine trouble, then hearing a crash that evening southwest of Rimrock Lake, said Tom Peterson, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation. A radar track showing the plane heading toward White Pass supported the hunter's account, prompting searchers to look there.

"Devastation" was the word Elaine Harvey, manager of Skydive Snohomish, used to describe the crash's impact on the local sky diving community.

"We can't comprehend this loss. We knew each one of the individuals very, very well," said Harvey, whose business was considered the "drop zone" or home base for the sky divers on the plane.

The wreckage was found at about 4,300 feet elevation Monday night when a Tacoma Mountain Rescue search team followed the scent of fuel to the crashed Cessna, state emergency management officials said. The crash site covered an area 100 feet by 60 feet.

Wayne Frudd of Yakima County Search and Rescue said steep terrain created difficulty for searchers, who reached the plane at about 8:40 p.m. Monday.

"If there's a good thing, at least it gets resolution for the family on a timely basis, which we all as search and rescue people get some satisfaction out of," Frudd said.

Authorities now are focusing on what caused the crash.

Since the Cessna 208 was introduced in 1985, the company has sold nearly 1,700 planes, said Doug Oliver, a Cessna spokesman. In that time, records show that the FAA has documented 56 fatal crashes involving the large, single-engine plane.

Largely used to transport cargo, the plane is popular in rugged environments -- such as Alaska and Africa -- where rough runways are the norm.

"It really excels in austere field operations," Oliver said. "It's a workhorse of an aircraft."

American and Canadian aviation authorities have issued warnings that icing can pose problems for the Cessna 208-series aircraft. Oliver said the company believes the issue is pilot education, not the plane, which comes with de-icing equipment and is rated to fly into icing conditions.

Pilot Philip Kibler was certified to fly commercial flights on single and multiengine airplanes, according to FAA records. He had been certified on instrument flight, though for Sunday's trip he was flying under visual flight rules and did not file a detailed flight plan.

Kibler's passengers were all sky divers in their 20s and 30s who had traveled to Star, Idaho, near Boise for a monthly meet-up.

On Sunday, Julianne Hezlep was at Star to say goodbye to her boyfriend, Andy Smith, as he boarded the plane after a final sky diving weekend together in Idaho.

Like most of those aboard the plane, Smith was a regular at Skydive Snohomish. They'd had a great night, a big party around the bonfire, pizza and laughter.

Hezlep said she gave Smith a hug and kiss, and told him to call her as soon as he landed.

"He hopped on the plane, everyone had a smile on their face, they all had such a great weekend. Then they were gone," said Hezlep, who stopped by Skydive Snohomish Tuesday to drop off a bouquet of 10 white roses.

About two weeks ago, Kelly Craig called Ivy about 11 a.m. and told her to clear her schedule. Kelly said he wanted Ivy and their dad to come down to Skydive Snohomish because it was supposed to be the last nice day of the year.

"And it was," she said, holding a picture of herself sky diving with her brothers that day. "That's our last family photo together in air at 13,000 (feet)."