Anchorage Daily News

Pilot hurt in Soldotna plane crash

An Anchorage pilot was injured in an airplane crash in Soldotna.

Alaska jet hits geese, lands safely

An Alaska Airlines jet struck what appeared to be several geese early Saturday shortly after takeoff from Anchorage and had to turn around.

Aviation trade show opens Saturday in Anchorage

The Alaska Airmen's Association will host the Alaska State Aviation Trade Show and Conference Saturday and Sunday at the FedEx maintenance hangar.

Downed plane found with no pilot

A downed airplane was found near the mouth of the Big Susitna River.

Plane takes plunge into icy waters

Two men survived several icy plunges into Anderson Lake when the nose of their small plane broke through the ice Saturday afternoon while taxiing for a takeoff attempt. The pilot and a passenger jumped from the Piper PA-18 Supercub, swam across six to eight feet of open water and crawled onto the ice.

Survivor of helicopter crash expected to go home soon

Quinn Ellington survived the Era Helicopters crash April 15 that killed his stepfather, his stepfather's two co-workers and the pilot. He has no permanent injuries, his father said.

Chopper crash kills 4; teen lives

A 14-year-old Valley boy, the lone survivor of a helicopter crash along the Glenn Highway on Tuesday that killed the pilot and three state employees, was recovering from his injuries in a hospital Wednesday.

Historic Eielson flight anniversary this month

Carl Ben Eielson made history 80 years ago, in April 1928, with his flight across the top of the world. The 2,200-mile trip from Point Barrow to Spitsbergen, Norway, took 20 hours and 20 minutes.

Gate blamed in aircraft-truck collision

A mechanical gate that has been inoperable for years allowed a truck to pass into the landing zone of a commercial plane in Unalaska.

Plane clips truck on landing at Unalaska

A commercial airplane clipped a truck on landing at the Unalaska airport Wednesday, causing minor injuries to some people aboard, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the city's public safety department

Aviation award honors Alaskans' contributions

The nation's top award for supporting and furthering aviation went to a group of nominees inspired by a small group of Alaska pilots meeting for coffee and scribbling their ideas down on a napkin.

FAA safety meeting lures only 14 instructors

Anchorage-based Federal Aviation Administration safety team members held a meeting recently for Anchorage-area flight instructors and pilot examiners in hopes of improving flight safety. But only a handful showed.

Small plane crashes; pilot sustains injuries

A single-engine plane crashed near Tyonek on Wednesday afternoon, injuring the pilot, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Balloonist searchers spot debris

U.S. Coast Guard searchers looking for a missing balloonist who disappeared over the North Pacific Ocean nearly two weeks ago located some debris floating about 300 miles northeast of the man's last reported position.

Weather stymies balloon search

An aerial search for a missing hot air balloonist in the North Pacific Ocean failed to locate the man Wednesday as stormy weather in the search area continued to be a factor, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

FAA says Boeing plane is safe

The Federal Aviation Administration says there is no safety problem with wing flap doors on Boeing 737-400s, despite three emergency landings last month by Alaska Airlines planes.

Bad weather hampers search for balloonist

High seas and strong winds limited search efforts for a Japanese adventurer whose hot air balloon vanished over the North Pacific Ocean last week as he attempted to fly from Japan to Oregon.

No trace found of missing balloonist

The hunt for a Japanese balloonist who vanished while flying over the North Pacific Ocean last week failed to locate the man Monday, the fifth day since he went missing, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Effort to find missing balloonist could last weeks

The search for a hot-air balloonist who disappeared while flying over the North Pacific Ocean could last for weeks.

Alaska Airlines will inspect flaps on jets

Alaska Airlines is inspecting all 40 of its Boeing 737-400s -- about a third of its fleet -- for wing flap problems that caused three emergency landings this month in Alaska.

Flight makes emergency landing

For the second time in a week, an Alaska Airlines jet had to make an emergency landing at Ketchikan International Airport.