Posts tagged accident

• Back To School Auto Insurance - Buy This...

  Ward Merdes | September 01, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Buy more automobile insurance. You and your family need it.With kids going back to school, parents in Alaska need to worry about personal injuries, automobile wrecks and even wrongful death claims. To protect your kids - and you - be sure to discuss the following insurance with your insurance agent. It costs very little more than the minimums that most insurers try to sell you - and it gives you...

• Two Killed in Plane Crash in North of Arctic Village

  Jane Schneider | August 24, 2007 12:55 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A 15 year old boy left in camp attracted the attention of a pilot who landed 8/16/07 to hear that the boy's father and another hunter failed to return from an 8/14/07 flight to scout for sheep north of Arctic Village in Gates of the Arctic refuge. A helicopter dispatched by the Rescue Coordination Center found an aircraft and two dead occupants soon after the incident was reported. It has not...

• Five Dead in Plane Crash

  Jane Schneider | August 22, 2007 12:44 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Five passengers from Oregon and California died in a crash of a Beaver operated by SeaWind Aviation 25 miles North of Ketchikan recently. The Pilot and three passengers survived but some were burned and their condition and prognosis is unknown. Weather conditions changed fast, and may have contributed to the crash. An investigation into the cause continues.For more information on this...

• Seaplane hits Ketchikan, Alaska tree. Four Killed.

  Ward Merdes | August 19, 2007 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four killed in Ketchikan float plane accident. Get an Attorney ASAP.The tragic floatplane accident in Ketchikan, where four people were killed and two injured, was caused by the plane striking a tree upon takeoff. The victims include 3-year-old Allison N. Smith, who remains in critical condition. Also, their grandmother, Mindy Mayer, 60, of Oregon City, was upgraded from serious to satisfactory...

• Light Plane Crashes Into Valley Lake

  Jane Schneider | August 15, 2007 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A pilot crashed his plane into Rocky Lake Friday, just East of Big Lake, but escaped with only cuts and bruises, according to Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services personnel. The pilot was alone in the plane. Unfortunately, Alaska has a statute that immunizes private pilots from their negligence. But such pilots can still be sued if they fail to warn passengers of their uninsured status, are...

• Near Head-on Crash Leads to Arrest of Drunk Driver

  Jane Schneider | August 13, 2007 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last Wednesday around 5:00 a.m., a woman was nearly hit head-on by a drunk driver. She called police, who found David Keller, husband of Wasilla's mayor, standing in a ditch next to his undrivable vehicle. Keller over corrected in the process of trying to avoid the crash. He was taken into custody and is charged with drunk driving. Both drivers were lucky. Alaska has a high number of...

• Weather a Likely Cause of Fatal Air Crash

  Jane Schneider | August 10, 2007 12:19 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Bad weather was a likely part of the equation that crashed a Taquan Air Beaver with a pilot and four passengers on board July 24, north of Ketchikan. All died of their injuries sustained in the crash into a box canyon. Two other planes turned around after seeing the weather on the other side of "the cut"...a small pass in the area. In the last five years 33 people have died in 14 commercial...

• Plane Crashes Into Sitka Home

  Jane Schneider | August 08, 2007 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Early afternoon Monday, a Piper 46 with engine trouble crashed into a Sitka home. A fire erupted from the crash as people rushed to the scene. The cause of the crash is not known nor is the fate of possible occupants of the house and plane. Sitka police and fire units are investigating. Fatalities are likely.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Airlines,...

• Sitka Alaska Plane Crash - Four Killed

  Ward Merdes | August 07, 2007 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four killed in Sitka, Alaska small airplane crash. Mike Schneider is the right attorney for the job.The Alaska State Troopers report that four people died in a Sitka, Alaska airplane crash on Monday. The Piper Malibu was seen flying low above the island and crashed into a deserted house. All four on-board were killed. They have not been identified.The plane was registered to Hendrickson Aviation...

• Southeast Air Crash Kills Five

  Mike Schneider | August 03, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A Taquan Air de Havilland Beaver crashed into mountains around Rudyerd Bay near Ketchikan Tuesday, July 24. The pilot and two couples who were cruise ship passengers died of their injuries. The pilot was highly trained and experienced, having flown commercially for 25 years. 28 people have died in Alaska in 13 crashes in the last 5 years.The crash is under investigation. Mechanical failure,...