Laufenberg was on board with CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Roland Steadham when the plane went down in a remote part of the Payette River in Gem County's Black Canyon. Laufenberg served as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association liaison for the Nampa Airport, while Steadham remained a longtime member of the Idaho Aviation Association. Aviation community mourns loss of Roland Steadham and Dallin Laufenberg in crash"Roland, being a seasoned pilot for decades, Dallin being in his first decade— so they both brought a different element as far as how aviation is looked at," said Andrew George, president of the Idaho Aviation Association. "Roland and Dallin together represented a really unique picture of aviation," George said. At Idaho Power, safety comes first in everything we do, so an event such as this one hits especially hard.