http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/04/20/police-id-victims-killed-in-bay-bridge-airport-plane-crash/
The pilot and passenger were identified a couple of days ago and it seems that the pilot was fairly experienced being an employee of the flight school (although its not clear about his time in the -12 per se) This incident is just so disturbing on so many levels. Whether it was mechanical or pilot error or both I won't even speculate about until we learn more.
Just this past weekend I was flying young eagles only an hour away from where this crash occurred and on my "Young Eagles" checklist I spend a fair amount of time on the ground discussing safety with the "Eagle" and his/her parents as I would want a pilot taking up my kid to do the same thing. We go over where the fire extinguisher is located, first aid kit, even how to open and get out of the aircraft if I was unable to do that for them... I usually preface that discussion about how unlikely all that detailed info will be needed, but that "I feel better sharing with them". Its easy to become safety complacent with the RV-12 as it is such an easy plane to fly and land compared to many other aircraft with higher stall speeds in the pattern. Sadly, it takes incidents like this to get your attention that even with a safety mindset, what we do is serious business.
The only positive that will hopefully come out of this tragedy are learnings about how to prevent it from happening ever again. We'll have to wait for the NTSB to help us with that.