WHITE PASS, Wash. -- As investigators began trying to determine what caused the Cessna to go down in a rugged area of the Cascade Mountains, tearful family members on Tuesday said the skydivers were doing what they loved.

"They were all my family," said Kelly Craig, whose brother, 30-year-old Casey Craig, was on board the crashed plane. "We're just trying to comfort each other."

Family members identified the other victims as Hollie Rasberry, 24, of Bellingham; Michelle Barker, 21, of Kirkland, Wash.; Landon Atkin, 20, of Snohomish, Wash.; Jeff Ross, 28, of Snohomish, Wash.; Cecil Elsner, 20, of Lake Stevens, Wash.; Andrew Smith, 20, of Lake Stevens, Wash; Ralph Abdo, age and hometown unavailable. Bryan Jones, 34, Redmond, Wash.; and the pilot, Phil Kibler, 46, of the Seattle area.

The Cessna 208 Grand Caravan left Star, Idaho, Sunday en route to Shelton, Wash., but crashed in a remote area of the Cascade Mountains near White Pass.

It was not yet known what caused the plane to go down, but Kelly said the skydivers likely did not have easy access to their parachutes since they were not planning to jump on the flight home.

"If the trip was short they probably would have been wearing their gear," he said while fighting back tears. "But this was considered an actual flight, so they had seats and seat belts."

He called skydiving an educated risk. "It's not as safe as staying in bed, but it's not what you think it is until you go out and try it," said Kelly, a skydiver, himself. "It's definitely safer than just about everything you can do that pushes the limit."

Tom Peterson, of the state Division of Aviation, said radar tracking indicated the plane was flying normally until it reached the Cascades crest. A hunter who was in the area heard the engine working hard and heard the crash about 8 p.m. Sunday.

The debris at the remote crash site indicated that the Cessna went down in a steep nosedive, officials said.

Ground searchers following the smell of fuel Monday night found the wreckage within 200 yards of its last radar ping in rugged terrain at an elevation of 4,300 feet.

"We found no survivors," Yakima County Sheriff Ken Irwin said.

Seven bodies were found Monday, and the recovery crews found the remaining three Tuesday, said Nisha Marvel, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation's aviation division.

"It was a pretty extensive crash site," Marvel said. "The aircraft was in pieces. It's rough rugged terrain, and it took about 35 volunteers to comb that recovery area today to find the remaining passengers that had died in the crash."

Deputy Dan Cypher said search crews stayed at the crash site overnight and are photographing and taking measurements at the scene.

The plane was returning from a skydiving meet in Idaho when it disappeared from radar.

Elaine Harvey, co-owner of the skydiving company Skydive Snohomish, said that nine of the 10 aboard were either employers of her business or else licensed skydivers who considered Snohomish their "home drop zone." Skydive Snohomish operates a training school and offers skydiving flights at Harvey Field in Snohomish County, about 20 miles north of Seattle.

Family members have gathered at a command post about a mile from the crash site and Jim Hall, Director of the Yakima County Office of Emergency Management said they are still trying to deal with the loss.

"They're a great group of people going through a horrendous tragedy," he said. "These people enjoyed what they did to the fullest. They were doing what they wanted to do."

Ivy Green's brother, Casey Craig, was killed in the crash and took time on Tuesday to thank the search crews that helped find the downed plane, which elicited a round of applause from family members of other victims who were at the news conference.  

"Skydivers are a big, tight-knit group," Green said. "(Casey) would want everybody to know he died living the way he wanted to live."

The plane was owned by Kapowsin Air Sports, based in Shelton. Geoff Farrington, co-owner of Kapowsin, said the family-owned company, more than 60 years old, has never lost a plane.

"We've been around a long time," an emotional Farrington said, describing the people on board as acquaintances. "(Skydiving) is a small community."

The single-engine plane was built in 1994, and investigators from the FAA and NTSB were expected to arrive later Tuesday.

At the news conference Tuesday, Jaima Ritchey said her younger sister, Hollie Rasberry died doing what she loved.

"We're going to miss her more than anything," she said through tears.