July 21, 2015
COOK INLET, ALASKA
Alaska State Troopers say two people walked away without injuries from a single-engine plane wreck in Southcentral Alaska.
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub crashed into trees near Beluga, a remote village on the west side of Cook Inlet. Troopers got a report of the crash at about 3:40 p.m. Monday, according to a troopers dispatch posted online Tuesday.
The pilot, identified by troopers as 27-year-old Brian Redman of Anchorage, and his passenger received no injuries in the crash. Relatives picked them up, troopers said.
Troopers said the cause of the crash was unknown Tuesday. "Recovery efforts to retrieve the plane are being made," troopers said. The Federal Aviation Administration was alerted, they said.
The report of the plane crash near Beluga followed at least three other reported small plane crashes in Alaska since Friday.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the pilot of a Kingfisher swam to safety Monday morning after his small plane flipped while taking off from a lake west of Wasilla. Michael Zagula, 54, died in a small plane crash near Trapper Creek on Sunday while flying over his daughter's wedding reception in a Cessna 206, troopers said. On Friday, a Cessna 207 crashed in Southeast Alaska, killing the pilot, 45-year-old Fariah Peterson, and injuring four passengers.
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted trees on the west side of Cook Inlet near Beluga, Alaska. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the two occupants onboard were not injured.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178018
http://www.adn.com/article/20150721/no-injuries-reported-small-plane-crash-near-beluga
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Narrative:
The aircraft, an experimental Barber built Kingfisher, nosed over inverted upon landing on Blodgett Lake, in southwest Meadow Lakes, Alaska. The amphibian airplane submerged, sustaining unknown damage and the sole pilot onboard was not injured.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177988
http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/plane-flips-sinks-on-lake-near-wasilla/34259532
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N47170.html
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1157529/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Kingfisher
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub crashed into trees near Beluga, a remote village on the west side of Cook Inlet. Troopers got a report of the crash at about 3:40 p.m. Monday, according to a troopers dispatch posted online Tuesday.
The pilot, identified by troopers as 27-year-old Brian Redman of Anchorage, and his passenger received no injuries in the crash. Relatives picked them up, troopers said.
Troopers said the cause of the crash was unknown Tuesday. "Recovery efforts to retrieve the plane are being made," troopers said. The Federal Aviation Administration was alerted, they said.
The report of the plane crash near Beluga followed at least three other reported small plane crashes in Alaska since Friday.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the pilot of a Kingfisher swam to safety Monday morning after his small plane flipped while taking off from a lake west of Wasilla. Michael Zagula, 54, died in a small plane crash near Trapper Creek on Sunday while flying over his daughter's wedding reception in a Cessna 206, troopers said. On Friday, a Cessna 207 crashed in Southeast Alaska, killing the pilot, 45-year-old Fariah Peterson, and injuring four passengers.
| Date: | 21-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | -15:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Near Beluga, Cook Inlet, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft impacted trees on the west side of Cook Inlet near Beluga, Alaska. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the two occupants onboard were not injured.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178018
http://www.adn.com/article/20150721/no-injuries-reported-small-plane-crash-near-beluga
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NTSB: Pilot safe after Anderson EA-1 Kingfisher plane flips and sinks on lake near Wasilla
July 20, 2015
PALMER, ALASKA
An experimental homebuilt amphibious small plane known as a Kingfisher flipped while taking off from a lake near Wasilla Monday morning, but the pilot was able to swim to safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
The pilot, identified as 72-year-old Hugh Barber, told investigators that he was taking off "when his plane started to bounce on the lake and flipped upside down," according to a dispatch posted online by Alaska State Troopers.
Barber escaped the aircraft after it flipped, NTSB Alaska region chief Clint Johnson said. The plane later sank in the large, clear lake located in the unincorporated Meadow Lakes area west of Wasilla.
The pilot will be responsible for removing the plane from the lake, Johnson said. The NTSB is investigating the crash.
An experimental homebuilt amphibious small plane known as a Kingfisher flipped while taking off from a lake near Wasilla Monday morning, but the pilot was able to swim to safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
The pilot, identified as 72-year-old Hugh Barber, told investigators that he was taking off "when his plane started to bounce on the lake and flipped upside down," according to a dispatch posted online by Alaska State Troopers.
Barber escaped the aircraft after it flipped, NTSB Alaska region chief Clint Johnson said. The plane later sank in the large, clear lake located in the unincorporated Meadow Lakes area west of Wasilla.
The pilot will be responsible for removing the plane from the lake, Johnson said. The NTSB is investigating the crash.
| Date: | 20-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | -11:00 |
| Type: | Anderson EA-1 Kingfisher |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N47170 |
| C/n / msn: | 01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Blodgett Lake, Meadow Lakes, west of Wasilla, AK -
United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Blodgett Lake |
The aircraft, an experimental Barber built Kingfisher, nosed over inverted upon landing on Blodgett Lake, in southwest Meadow Lakes, Alaska. The amphibian airplane submerged, sustaining unknown damage and the sole pilot onboard was not injured.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177988
http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/plane-flips-sinks-on-lake-near-wasilla/34259532
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N47170.html
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1157529/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Kingfisher