Aviation

Major Alaska plane crashes in recent years

Among the major Alaska plane and helicopter crashes in recent years:

Nov. 29, 2013: Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 air taxi with 10 people aboard crashed outside St. Mary's, killing four.

July 7, 2013 -- Rediske Air de Havilland DHC-3 Otter crashed at Soldotna Airport, killing 10.

July 30, 2011 -- Four people were killed when two float planes - a Cessna 206 and a Cessna 180 - collided in midair near Talkeetna.

Aug. 21. 2010 -- A de Havilland Beaver operated by Egli Air Haul with a pilot and three National Park Service employees went missing at Katmai National Park. Debris was later found off Cape Douglas. All four people on board died.

Aug. 9, 2010 -- Sen. Ted Stevens and four others died when the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter carrying them crashed near Dillingham

?July 28, 2010 -- Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, killing four.

ADVERTISEMENT

Jan. 5, 2008 -- A Piper PA-31 Navajo operated by Servant Air crashed into the water after taking off at the Kodiak airport, killing six. Four survived.

Dec. 3, 2007 - A LifeGuard helicopter carrying a patient crashed into Prince William Sound near Whittier, killing all four onboard.

Aug. 16, 2007 -- A de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver operated by Seawind Aviation crashed into trees 20 miles north of Ketchikan while on a bear-viewing tour, killing six.

July 24, 2007 -- A de Havilland ?DHC-2 Beaver operated by Taquan Air Service crashed into a mountain near Rudyerd Bay in Misty Fjords National Monument northeast of Ketchikan, killing five.

Oct. 10, 2001 -- Peninsula Airways Cessna 208 Caravan commuter plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Dillingham, killing nine.

July 30, 2001 -- LAB Flying Service Piper PA-32-300 crashed in Haines, killing six.

Feb. 5, 2000 -- Iliamna Air Cessna U206G crashed at Iliamna, killing six.

Dec. 7, 1999 -- Grant Aviation Cessna 207 crashed in Bethel, killing six.

June 9, 1999 -- Coastal Helicopters Eurocopter AS-350BA helicopter crashed on Herbert Glacier near Juneau, killing seven.

Nov. 8, 1997 -- Hageland Aviation Cessna 208B crashed in Barrow, killing eight.

Sept. 22, 1995 -- Air Force E3B AWACS crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, killing 24.

Jun. 22, 1994 -- Wings of Alaska de Havilland DHC-3 Otter crashed in Juneau, killing seven.

Nov. 12, 1992 -- Alaska National Guard C-12F Beechcraft crashed near Juneau, killing eight.

Dec. 23, 1987 -- Southcentral Air Piper PA-31 crashed in Kenai, killing six.

Nov. 23, 1987 -- Ryan Air Beechcraft 1900C crashed in Homer, killing 18.

Aug. 25, 1985 -- Flightseeing Cessna 180H and Piper J5A spotting sheep collided near Knik Glacier, killing 12.

Feb. 4, 1985 -- North Pacific Air Beechcraft 65-A80 crashed in Soldotna, killing nine.

ADVERTISEMENT