The bodies of four victims of a fiery plane crash that took place in the Birchwood/Chugiak area on Wednesday morning have been recovered and their identities released following next of kin notifications. Killed in the Cessna 172 crash that was reported just after 9 am this morning were the pilot, 64-year-old George Kobelnyk, his co-pilot, […]
Troopers reported that they were informed of a airplane crash fifty miles north of Talkeetna on Sunday afternoon,the aircraft involved suffered significant damage. According to the trooper dispatch, they were informed at 7:10 pm on Sunday that an aircraft, a 1957 Piper PA-22-150, flown by Trevor Jones, had made a forced landing on a hillside, […]
The pilot and passenger of a 1946 Aeronca Champion aircraft escaped their crash uninjured in a Saturday incident the trooper dispatch reported on Sunday. At 4:07 pm on Saturday, pilot, 23-year-old Davis Dunlap texted a family member via a spot locator to report that he had flipped his aircraft, but he and his passenger were uninjured […]
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 […]