Alaska State Troopers reported that the remains of a pilot on Whiskey Lake was retrieved from her aircraft on Sunday afternoon. At 3:51 pm on Sunday, wildlife troopers were notified of a crash of a Cessna 180 on Whiskey Lake near Skwentna. The Rescue Coordination Center dispatched an Air Force Rescue Team to the scene. […]
First of five rounds, airports to submit projects WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award an estimated $80.1 million to Alaska’s 235 airports from funding made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The money can be invested in runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airport-transit […]
FAIRBANKS – An Alaska Wildlife Trooper has entered into an agreement with the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Alaska to resolve investigations into false and misleading statements he made to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2019. According to the agreement and other court proceedings, Timothy Abbott, 39, of North […]
Alaska State Troopers have released the identities of the Saturday night helicopter crash victims and also report that the sole survivor of the crash, 48-year-old Czech Republic resident David Horvath, remains in serious but stable condition at an Anchorage hospital. AST was notified of an overdue helicopter and the location of possible crash debris near […]