Posts tagged aviation

• 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...

• 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,...

• FAA Shuts Down Mavrik Aire

  Mike Schneider | August 06, 2007 12:31 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  FAA officials revoked the pilot's license, mechanic's license and operations certificate of Mavrik Aire, owned and operated by Craig Schweitzer. Schweitzer intends to continue part 91 fishing and flightseeing operations despite the FAA action. People visiting Alaska need to check into the history and reputation of the air services they use. Mavrik Aire had a fatal crash in 1998 and the FAA...

• 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,...

• Plane Crash Needs Fast Thorough Investigation

  Mike Schneider | June 25, 2007 12:08 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  On June 20, 2007, the pilot of a wheel-equipped Cessna 206 crash landed onto Yukon Island in Kachemak Bay near Homer, Ak. All four occupants suffered serious injuries. The cause of the engine failure that forced the plane to crash land hasn't been determined. Product failure could have caused the crash, as could other possibilities. If the crash victims are to receive justice, a fast and...

• Plane Crash Averted/Possible Product Defect

  Mike Schneider | June 18, 2007 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Fast thinking by a L.A.B. Flying Service pilot saved him and his two passengers from serious injury or death on June 13, 2007. An in-flight fire, possibly caused by a defective battery in a laptop computer carried in the cargo hold, erupted just after takeoff from Kake, Ak. airport. The occupants barely escaped the flames. Under Ak law, if a defective battery caused the fire, its manufacturer...

• Pilot Dies as Plane Crashes Between Two Homes

  Christina Cole | May 08, 2007 9:10 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A pilot lost his life in an aviation accident, Friday, when he crashed after take off, just west of Wolf Lake (a fly-in community), according to Alaska State Troopers.The Cessna 170, hit a wooded lot in Hart Lake Estates in between two houses near Keats Circle, a quarter mile from the airstrip at approximately 3:40 p.m. The pilot, 49, of Wasilla was killed, troopers said.Yellow tape blocked off...