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 […]
The National Transportation Safety Board released the first of three reports on the December 7th Fort Wainwright crash that took the life of former State Representative Mike Kelly on Tuesday. According to the preliminary report, Kelly took off from the Chena Marina Airport at 10:26 am, in his ski-equipped Bellanca Citabria, with his intended destination […]
A pilot of a 1956 Piper Pacer was located alive and suffered only minor injuries after the Coast Guard responded to an Emergency Locator Transmitter on Monday night. According to the report, the Coast Guard received an ELT at 8:14 pm on Monday night that was set off approximately 22 miles west of Ketchikan on Prince of […]
Three people were injured in an aircraft crash near Houston on Saturday evening the Alaska State Troopers reported on Sunday. At approximately 6:15 pm, troopers were notified of a crash of a 1949 Super Stinson about a mile and a half from Butterfly Lake near Houson. The crash was reported after another aircraft was able to […]