ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - One man is dead after the small plane that he was piloting crashed in the area of Rainy Pass.
Carl David Oberg, 67, a pilot flying with Regal Air Services at Lake Hood, died after the Cessna 206 he was piloting crashed.
Alaska State Troopers confirmed the death in a dispatch report early Tuesday morning. They were notified of the crash itself at 5:43 p.m. Monday.
According to AST, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center responded to the area of Rainy Pass and located the plane and Oberg, the sole occupant on board, deceased.
Oberg's body was transported back to JBER, where the State Medical Examiner took possession of his body.
So far there is no preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Bureau into what caused the crash.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
2 comments:
Scary when experienced pilots crash. 1968 I ferried a Cessna 170 from Colorado to be delivered to Anchorage. At Northway, talked to people at the airport. They let me use their FM radio to contact the customer. Thankfully, he came over to Northway and together we flew to Anchorage.
Big difference between the Wrangell Range and the Colorado Rockies.
Since in that situation I refrained from being a bold pilot, lived to be an old pilot.
I hear you, sir: glad you made it. Most crashes here are due to pilot error, and usually revolve around wrong decisions made based on changing weather conditions. Alaska has always been very tough on pilots and planes.
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