Published: September 4th, 2009 12:54 PM
Last Modified: September 4th, 2009 01:33 PM
A floatplane crash-landed on the tundra about six miles northeast of Koliganek this week but caused no injuries, Alaska State Troopers said today.
Troopers said the aircraft, piloted by Anchorage resident Kirk Gay, 65, lost power on its way back to a lodge on Six Mile Lake in Southwest Alaska about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Gay and another fishing guide had flown two clients into the area to fish the Nushagak River, troopers said.
The aircraft's engine stalled and forced Gay into an emergency landing. Although there were no injuries, the aircraft's floats were badly damaged, troopers said.
Gay used a satellite phone to call the Iliamna Air Taxi Service, which alerted authorities of the crash.
The men were picked up at about 4:30 p.m. by a helicopter donated by Pebble Mine and returned to the lodge that evening, troopers said.
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