Plane landing in Alaska damaged after it hits ice, gravel
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 19, 2021 at 9:58 am EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A small passenger plane in Alaska was damaged after it hit ice and frozen gravel when it was landing last Friday, officials said.
Glen Alsworth Jr., the chief pilot for Lake Clark Air, said the plane went down onto a wing after it hit the patch of ice and gravel while landing in the tiny community of Chignik Lagoon. The mishap broke the plane’s main gear.
“There was a chunk of ice and frozen gravel in the middle of the runway that wasn’t visible to the pilot until he was right on top of it,” Alsworth said.
The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing helicopter reportedly piloted by Andy Teuber on Wednesday afternoon near Kodiak.Â
Teuber was flying from Anchorage in a black and white Robinson R66 helicopter. His last known location on Tuesday afternoon was approximately 66 nautical miles northeast of Kodiak.
The Coast Guard deployed three MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews and an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Kodiak, as well as the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton.Â
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received notification from a family member at 5 p.m. on Tuesday that Teuber left Merrill Field Airport at 2:09 p.m. with intentions of traveling to Kodiak.
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday night that it had located debris from a missing helicopter piloted by Andy Teuber, according to an officer quoted by Anchorage Daily News. Teuber had abruptly resigned last week from his position as president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
The Coast Guard had reported earlier on Tuesday that it was searching for an overdue black and white Robinson R66 helicopter approximately 66 nautical miles northeast of Kodiak.
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak sent an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew on the search.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received notification from a family member at 5 p.m. on Tuesday that Teuber left Merrill Field Airport at 2:09 p.m. with intentions of traveling to Kodiak. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak.
A source confirms a helicopter that went missing earlier today near an island in the Gulf of Alaska belongs to Andy Teuber. He is the person the Coast Guard is currently searching for. Alaska s News Source reported on the missing
Coast Guard still trying to confirm whether debris north of Kodiak is from former health executive’s missing helicopter Author: Anchorage Daily News - The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday morning it was still searching for Andy Teuber and working to confirm whether debris found north of Kodiak belongs to his missing helicopter. That’s despite information provided to the Daily News by a Coast Guard spokesman that debris located Tuesday evening was from the helicopter piloted by Teuber, who recently resigned as president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. On Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard had an MH-60 Jayhawk and the Cutter Stratton en route to the search area, according to Petty Officer Lexie Preston.