Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Anchorage, Alaska
Eagles Shadow LLC
Eagles Shadow LLC
Location: Palmer, AK
Accident Number: ANC20CA049
Date & Time: May 5, 2020, 19:00 Local
Registration: N185SZ
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Injuries: 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: Cessna
Registration: N185SZ
Model/Series: 185 Aircraft
Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: No
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: VMC
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: PAAQ,248 ft msl
Observation Time: 18:30 Local
Distance from Accident Site: 9 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 15.6°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 10 knots / 15 knots, 90°
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility: 10 miles
Altimeter Setting:
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Chugiak, AK (AK24)
Destination: Palmer, AK
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries:
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries:
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 None
Latitude, Longitude: 61.620338,-148.98068 (est)

At 7:21 p.m. Tuesday, Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services Director Ken Barkley said a call came for water rescue of 39-year-old Bradley Szutz of Chugiak who had crash landed his plane in the Knik River.
Mat-Su Dive Team responded with the Butte Fire Department and Central EMS and raced up river from the Knik Bridge to locate Szutz.
Pilot Szutz denied medical treatment and left the river unharmed.
“He’s a very lucky individual,” said Barkley.
Barkley and Deputy EMS Director Gary Klink said that a salvage company had been called in.
Around 9:30 p.m., a helicopter departed the Knik River bed towing Szutz’ plane from a large cable through the air.
Szutz also left the scene with the helicopter.
The National Transportation Safety Board will complete a follow up investigation into the crash.
https://www.frontiersman.com
Alaska State Troopers say a 39-year-old pilot landed his plane in the Knik River Tuesday night.
Alaska State Troopers says around 7 p.m., they responded to an airplane crash near Friday Creek in the Jim Creek recreational area.
Butte Fire, Central EMS, and Mat-Su Dive team also were on the scene.
The pilot of the plane, Bradley J. Szutz, was not injured during the crash but landed in the Knik River.
Mat-Su Dive team helped Szutz to shore.
The plane was recovered and was taken back to Anchorage.
National Transportation Safety Board will be completing the follow-up investigation into the crash.
https://www.ktuu.com
"Aircraft down in Knik River due to unknown circumstances."
ReplyDeleteThe pilot survived unharmed. Ask the pilot what happened. Then the circumstances will no longer be unknown.
^^Did you miss the part where it takes an NTSB investigation to find out the cause no matter what the pilot says?
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