Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• Palmer Plane Crash Injures Pilot and Instructor

  Jane Schneider | November 16, 2007 12:31 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Last Friday the student pilot of a Cessna 150, David Terrill, and his instructor/passenger Dennis Covel, were hospitalized after crash landing on the Palmer Golf Course. They struck a tree on approach to the Palmer airport and had to put the plane down. Cases such as this are complicated and require retention of a skillful attorney.Normally the pilot, responsible for the safe operation of the...

• Plane Crash NNW of Bethel Leaves One With Serious Injuries

  Jane Schneider | October 03, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  19:45 hours Thursday, about 40 miles NNW of Bethel a Cessna 172 with three on board crashed. One person sustained serious injuries. No other details have been released. Investigation continues.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Airline, Cruise, Bus, and Other Mass Transit.

• Plane Crash Results in Serious Injury

  Jane Schneider | September 26, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Friday, September 21, 2007, 80 miles East of McGrath, a pilot departing Mystic Lake Lodge in a Skyvan SC-7 clipped trees on takeoff and crashed. He was seriously injured. He was the only person on board. But even though his errors may have caused the crash, he will be able to maintain a claim against his employer if the employer failed to maintain worker's compensation coverage or fails in an...

• Two Killed in Plane Crash in North of Arctic Village

  Jane Schneider | August 24, 2007 12:55 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  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

  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...

• Light Plane Crashes Into Valley Lake

  Jane Schneider | August 15, 2007 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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,...