A two-week federal inquiry into the fatal sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose — lost on New Year’s Eve 2019 west of Kodiak Island — will open on Monday in Seattle.
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‘Frustrating’ investigation into fatal 2019 medevac crash ends with no clear answers
A final report released Jan. 28 by the National Transportation Safety Board says there isn’t enough evidence to explain how or why the plane crashed.
NTSB: Cessna ran out of fuel between Ketchikan and Port Angeles in fatal crash
The Kodiak man killed while trying to pilot his small plane from Ketchikan to the Lower 48 apparently ran out of fuel a few miles from an airport.
NTSB: Alaska lawmaker killed in midair crash did not have required medical certificate
Rep. Gary Knopp was denied a medical certificate in June 2012 because of vision problems.
Documents: pilots had just seconds to see each other before fatal George Inlet crash
One plane was not capable of receiving alerts about nearby aircraft and was not transmitting data about its own altitude to the other plane.
Kenai community remembers longtime pilot killed in plane crash
Friends, colleagues and clients remembered him as a cheerful, skilled pilot and a man of faith.
Medevac plane removed from Unalaska Bay following crash
A LifeMed medevac flight went into the water after taking off from Unalaska Airport on Jan. 16. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the cause of the crash.
NTSB: Pilot inexperience and unfavorable winds factors in fatal PenAir crash in Unalaska
The NTSB update is a detailed, seven-page statement of facts about the flight and the investigation, with sections on the runway, the flight recorders, the plane and its engines. It does not assign a cause to the crash. That’s expected later.
NTSB releases preliminary report for Metlakatla floatplane crash
The preliminary report on the fatal May 20 floatplane crash near Metlakatla was released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday.
Palmer man dies in Prince William Sound floatplane crash
A Mat-Su Borough man was killed in a floatplane crash on Tuesday in Prince William Sound, about 20 miles southwest of Valdez. It’s the third fatal floatplane crash in Alaska this month.