UPDATE: Last Plane Crash Victim Named, Survivor Undergoing 2nd Surgery

Updates with survivor Mike Jensen's medical condition offered by his pastor at Bay Shore Community Congregational Church, where a prayer chain is underway.

Kenneth Cruz, 43, of Culver City has been identified as the pilot and the fifth of those killed in . The others, who were officially identified Thursday by the coroner's office, are prominent Long Beach businessmen Tom Dean, 50, Jeffrey Berger, 49, and Mark Bixby, 44, and Bruce Krall, 51, of Ladera Ranch. Cruz worked for Rainbow Air Charter of Long Beach.

Dean, a well-known developer, and Berger were partners in Studebaker Properties. Bixby's family has been prominent in Long Beach from its rancho days. 

The lone survivor of the crash, Mike Jensen, is a commercial real estate broker. Bixby worked for Jensen at Pacific Retail Partners. 

Jensen "did better than could be expected" in surgery late Wednesday at Memorial Hospital of Long Beach, said Long Beach Councilman Gary DeLong on Wednesday. DeLong said then that Jensen would be will undergo another surgery today for injuries suffered in the fiery crash. DeLong said that Jensen, Dean and Bixby were all personal friends of his.

Jensen lives in Naples. On Thursday morning, his family released the following statement through the hospital:

"Our thoughts and prayers are extended to the families of Mike's friends aboard the plane with him. Thank you for the outpouring of support and overwhelming compassion shown by so many throughout the community of Long Beach. We are eternally grateful to the Long Beach Fire Department, Long Beach Memorial, and the church and cycling communities. We appreciate you affording us this private time with family.''

On Thursday, congregants of Bay Shore Community Congregational Church received an e-mail update from Rev. Charles Ensley, as of 11 a.m. Thursday: 
"Tom Light reports that on Wednesday, Mike Jensen required 100% oxygen. Today it is 60% oxygen--a good sign. He is in surgery at this time to do some more clean-up and repairs to internal injuries....Doctors are discussing moving him to a burn center at another hospital-yet to be determined-once he is stable enough to transfer.
Diane and daughters have a lot of support from family and friends, and prayers and concern expressed by our church family.
I was able to be with the family and friends Wednesday afternoon and night, and prayed with the group several times....We will attempt to keep you updated as changes occur. Memorial Hospital has gone out of the way to assist the family and group gathered. Outstanding response to a tragedy.
Our prayers too for the families who lost husbands and fathers yesterday."

Mike Murchison, a longtime Long Beach-area lobbyist who worked as a spokesman for Dean, said he had known Bixby "ever since we were kids,'' and knew Dean and Berger for about 10 years. He identified another passenger as Bruce Krall. The group had planned to fly to Salt Lake City to go skiing Wednesday morning, and Murchison told the Press Telegram that he was invited but passed.

"It's just a tragedy,'' he said. Mario Rodriguez, director of airport operations, said witnesses reported the plane getting off the ground, then banking hard in an attempt to return to runway 30.

The plane apparently touched down on the runway, but then crashed, burst into flames and skidded across a turf section of the airfield, leaving a scorched debris trail. The tail section of the plane broke off, and the fuselage burned.

Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration said that it was not immediately clear if the pilot made a radio call to the tower before turning back toward the airport. The Beechcraft turbo-prop plane, first produced in the early 1960s and capable of cruising at close to 300 mph, is known as a high-quality executive plane. They cost about $3.4 million, depending on the model. President Lyndon Johnson used one to fly from Bergstrom Air Force base near Austin, Texas, to his family ranch.

Bixby's family roots in Long Beach date back to their purchase of original ranchos that they farmed and later developed, and their family is deeply involved in the support and legacies of two historical ranchos in Long Beach that remain open to the public. At one time, the Bixby family owned large swaths of land locally,  including what is now Los Alamitos as well as portions of Seal Beach.

A resident of what locals call "The Hole," a neighborhood formally known as University Park Estates, Bixby has been a major bicycling advocate who lobbied the California Coastal Commission to add bike lanes on the upcoming new Gerald Desmond Bridge linking Long Beach to San Pedro. Bixby Knolls is named after his family. He grew up locally and played water polo for Wilson High, as his son does now. 

Long Beach City Auditor Laura Doud and Soma Salon owner Tula Trigonis are among friends planning a memorial for him at 6 p.m. Friday on the bay side of the peninsula, outside his late grandmother's former house, the one with the huge shade tree. The remembrance, which will also honor other crash victims, will be held on the sand outside the house, now owned by a doctor and Bixby friend. The gathering was the result of so many rounds of phone calls Wednesday by Bixby friends, including classmates from Wilson High, class of 1984, that they decided they need to grieve together.

City News Service contributed to this report.