A look at the lives of 4 other crash victims

William Douglas Phillips, 56

"Bill" Phillips was born on Dec. 19, 1953, in St. Louis. He grew up in North Olmsted, Ohio, near Cleveland, and attended the University of Evansville in Indiana, where he played football. He later earned a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. From 1981 to 1986, he served as Sen. Ted Stevens' legislative director and chief of staff. He then became a partner in the Washington, D.C., lobbying firm of Utrecht and Phillips.

He specialized in legislative law and congressional procedure and was considered an expert on areas of public policy that included economic regulation, transportation, energy and national defense. He served on the Board of Regents for Georgetown University, where he also lectured on legislation and congressional procedures.

At the time of his death, Phillips lived with his wife, Janet, and family in Germantown, Md. Among other pastimes, he maintained a lifelong interest in football, with three sons currently playing for different teams. Andrew is a fifth-year senior and starting guard at Stanford University; Colter is a sophomore tight end at the University of Virginia; and Paul is a freshman tight end at Indiana. A fourth son, also named William, 13, survived the plane crash that killed his father.

A funeral Mass for Phillips, whom friends described as a devout Catholic, will be held on Friday at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac, Md.

Theron Ackerly Smith, 62

"Terry" Smith, whom the Wall Street Journal once called "the Chuck Yeager of Alaska Bush Pilots," was a lifelong Alaskan with deep roots in the flying business. His father, Theron Arthur "Smitty" Smith, was born in Eska, near Sutton, in 1918; his father was a railroad worker and miner, his mother of Russian-Aleut descent. "Smitty" flew bombers in World War II and returned to Alaska with a Cessna "Bamboo Bomber" and a bride, Katherine Maran Ackerly. The couple was living in Bethel when the younger Theron was born on Nov. 3, 1947.

Terry Smith graduated from East High School in 1966 and became a noted aviator, flying everything from bush floatplanes to jets. As an Alaska Airlines pilot for 28 years, he routinely brought planes through the wind, fog and icing that create some of the most challenging conditions in America, landing jets on gravel strips and making multiple passes in bad conditions until he could make out a ground marker that let him locate the runway.

His flying license was revoked in 2006 after he suffered a mild stroke. In 2007 he retired from Alaska Airlines as chief pilot. His license was later restored by the Federal Aviation Administration and he resumed flying.

He lived on Campbell Lake with his wife, Terri Jeanne, and maintained a Cessna 185 as his personal plane.

He was at the controls of the de Havilland Otter when it crashed on Aug. 9.

Memorial services have not yet been announced.

Dana Lee Tindall, 48

One of Alaska's most influential business leaders, Dana Tindall rose through the ranks at the GCI telecommunications company, from spokeswoman to senior vice president. For more than 20 years, she molded and represented her corporation's efforts to shift Alaska's phone system from a pre-statehood network of single, often government-owned utilities to a field of numerous competing private companies offering a range of services in line with 21st century technology. In the 1980s, when she began working at GCI, the Municipality of Anchorage held the local telephone monopoly. At the time of her death, due in no small part to her efforts, Alaskans in populated areas could choose from several telephone company options and GCI offered, among other things, cellular phone service, television cable connections and high-speed Internet, as well as service in many rural areas.

Tindall was born on Nov. 20, 1961, in Moses Lake, Wash., to Grant and Sandra Russell. She later lived in Florida and Michigan. She was a National Merit Scholar and graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in public policy. She served on various boards, including those of the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. and the University of Alaska Economic Education program.

She was also an artist who took particular joy in pottery, keeping a studio at her home in Ocean View.

She is survived by her husband, Virgil Peachey, and her son, Connor Tindall, her parents, sister Linda Steidtmann and brother Ryan Russell. A celebration of her life took place Monday at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage.

Corey T. Tindall, 16

Corey was born in Anchorage on Nov. 19, 1993, to Dana and John Tindall. She was an exceptional student at South High School, where she had a 4.0 grade-point average. She was a volunteer at the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the Children's Hospital at Providence Alaska Medical Center and hoped to pursue a career in medicine. She was a voracious reader, a good guitarist and an avid angler. She considered herself fortunate to have been able to travel widely and learn about other cultures.

She was particularly enthusiastic about debate, in which she excelled. She was the 2008-09 MVP of the South team and had been elected to be the team interpretation captain for the upcoming season. She received first place overall in British Parliamentary Debate at the 2010 Northern Lights Tournament at the University of Alaska Anchorage and won numerous other awards, in recognition of which South High has announced that it will present an annual Corey Tindall MVP Award for debate.

Corey lived in South Anchorage. Her mother, Dana, died with her in the plane crash of Aug. 9. She is survived by her father and stepmother, John and Mary Tindall, brother Connor and stepfather Virgil Peachey. A celebration of her life took place Monday at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage.