The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report in regards to the fatal March 5th crash of a wheel-equipped Cessna 172K 10 miles east of Nome on Monday. According to the report, 28-year-old Thomas Granger was flying the aircraft from Wasilla to Nome. He had departed Wasilla at 5:10 PM that day for the five-hour nighttime […]
Alaska State troopers traveled to an aircraft crash site on Saturday after the Soldotna dispatch received multiple calls reporting the crash in Kasilof at 8:11 PM on Saturday evening. When Central Emergency Services and Soldotna-based troopers traveled to South Cohoe Loop Road and arrived at the scene at 3.2 miles down that road, they located […]
Troopers revealed on Tuesday that they had been notified of the discovery of a plane down 25 miles northeast of Homer on Monday morning. A pilot had been flying over the area and discovered the crashed aircraft on Sunday and reported his finding to the Rescue Coordination Center. At just after 10 Monday morning, RCC relayed […]