Alaska State Troopers say two people walked away without injuries from a single-engine plane wreck in Southcentral Alaska.
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub crashed into trees near Beluga, a remote village on the west side of Cook Inlet. Troopers got a report of the crash at about 3:40 p.m. Monday, according to a troopers dispatch posted online Tuesday.
The pilot, identified by troopers as 27-year-old Brian Redman of Anchorage, and his passenger received no injuries in the crash. Relatives picked them up, troopers said.
Troopers said the cause of the crash was unknown Tuesday. "Recovery efforts to retrieve the plane are being made," troopers said. The Federal Aviation Administration was alerted, they said.
The report of the plane crash near Beluga followed at least three other reported small plane crashes in Alaska since Friday.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the pilot of a Kingfisher swam to safety Monday morning after his small plane flipped while taking off from a lake west of Wasilla. Michael Zagula, 54, died in a small plane crash near Trapper Creek on Sunday while flying over his daughter's wedding reception in a Cessna 206, troopers said. On Friday, a Cessna 207 crashed in Southeast Alaska, killing the pilot, 45-year-old Fariah Peterson, and injuring four passengers.