Federal crash investigators are traveling today to the site of a Friday plane crash near Shaktoolik, which left Alaska aviation legend Jim Tweto and a passenger dead.
“The Cessna 180 aircraft was witnessed taking off but not climbing and then crashing,” troopers said.
Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska chief, said Tuesday that the crash took place as Tweto was helping a hunting party break camp. A guide in the party saw the Cessna go down.Johnson said NTSB investigator Millicent Hill was part of a team headed to the scene from Nome on Tuesday, after poor weather over the weekend kept flights from reaching the crash site.
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