The plane, a type of experimental aircraft that resembled an extensively modified Piper PA-12, crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday morning, the NTSB’s Alaska chief said.
Updated: 15 minutes agoA small plane crashed on a roadway in the Wasilla area Saturday shortly after taking off from a nearby airstrip, killing its sole occupant, aviation and public safety officials said.
Clint Johnson, the NTSB’s Alaska chief, said preliminary information indicates the plane had taken off to the east from the airstrip by Anderson Lake around 9:30 a.m. and crashed shortly afterward on Beaver Avenue — just north of Bogard Road — between Caribou Street and Moose Street. The plane caught fire after it crashed, and the pilot was killed, Johnson said.
The plane was a JP Flyer experimental aircraft that resembled an extensively modified Piper PA-12, said Johnson, who had been at the site of the crash Saturday. Bergstedt appeared to be the registered owner of the aircraft, according to FAA records. The NTSB worked closely with Alaska State Troopers to load the wreckage onto a truck and remove it from the crash site, Johnson said.“It has been taken to a secure area, and we will be looking at this airplane in a very detailed fashion,” Johnson said, emphasizing that the investigation was in its early stages.Preliminary information from witnesses at the airstrip “indicated that there was maybe some mechanical issues leading back to the engine,” Johnson said.
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