A KUCB and ProPublica investigation in June found that Alaska is home to a growing share of the country’s crashes involving small commercial aircraft. Over the past two decades, the number of deaths in crashes involving these operators has plummeted nationwide, while in Alaska deaths have held relatively steady.
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Troopers identify 2 people killed in Chugach plane crash
Troopers have identified the two people killed as 23-year-old Anchorage resident Dakota Bauder and 27-year-old Hawaii resident McKenna Vierra.
No one injured in Coffman Cove floatplane crash
The NTSB says the plane flipped on takeoff after hitting a buoy.
Investigation into Scandies Rose sinking points to faulty stability instructions
The report says the crew followed stability instructions while loading the vessel, but those instructions were inaccurate.
‘Send rescue now’: Pilots survive plane crash, stranding on frigid Wrangell-St. Elias peak
The pair of New York pilots had crashed their Cessna 182 into a mountainside at 6,000 feet — hard enough that one of its wings was gone, and their gear was scattered across the mountainside.
NTSB: Requiring onboard alert systems could have prevented 2019 midair collision near Ketchikan
Two pilots whose planes collided near Ketchikan in 2019 were unable to see or detect each other until a midair crash was unavoidable.





