Alaska State Troopers reported today that the remains of the Yute Air pilot, 47-year-old Blaze Highlander of Olympia, Washington, were discovered in the aircraft that was located overturned and wrecked in the Kwethluk River. Highlander had taken the aircraft out on Saturday morning, and was last heard from as he left Bethel airspace at 8:50 am […]
Investigators with NTSB reached the plane, a Cessna 207, Monday afternoon, and found it submerged in the river with only pieces sticking out of the river. They reported that the aircraft heavily damaged. They are currently attempting to revover as much of it as they can before the river washes it away. NTSB still has not […]
The Cessna 207 that was the subject of a search over the weekend near Bethel was located on Sunday evening in the Kwethluk River it was reported by the Alaska National Guard. The Cessna operated by Yute Air departed Bethel at 8:30 am on a maintenance check flight and headed towards Nyak which is located […]
One man was injured after two aircraft collided in mid-air over the airstrip in Talkeetna on Sunday evening, troopers report. The two aircraft, a Cessna 185, piloted by 32-year-old Antonio Benavides, with four passengers, and a Cessna 172, piloted by 27-year-old Cole Hagge of Eagle River were both attempting to land at the Talkeetna Airport […]