Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Anchorage, Alaska
WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - One person was injured in a crash at the Wolf Lake Airport Monday afternoon.
Aircraft crashed into hangar while flying downwind for runway.
Date: 29-AUG-22
Time: 20:45:00Z
Regis#: N2723P
Aircraft Make: KITFOX
Aircraft Model: TT FOX
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: SERIOUS
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBSTANTIAL
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)
Operation: 91
City: PALMER
State: ALASKA
On 08/29/22 at 12:04 pm, Alaska State Troopers, Mat-Su Fire, FAA, LifeMed, and EMS responded to the Wolf Lake Airport for the report of an airplane crashing into a hangar. Initial investigation revealed Charles Story, age 60 of Utah, was operating an experimental Kit Fox taildragger aircraft when due to unknown circumstances his plane crashed into a hanger on the airstrip. LifeMed was currently at the airfield when Story’s plane crashed and preformed life saving measures until EMS could arrive to the scene. Story was transported to a local hospital with serious physical injury but was in a stable condition.
Alaska State Troopers wrote in an online dispatch that 60-year-old Charles Story of Utah crashed into a hangar at the airport at 12:04 p.m. on Monday.
“LifeMed was currently at the airfield when Story’s plane crashed and preformed life saving measures until EMS could arrive to the scene,” troopers wrote. “Story was transported to a local hospital with serious physical injury but was in a stable condition. Alcohol or drugs did not appear to be a factor.”
Troopers wrote that Story crashed his Kit Fox experimental aircraft into the hangar.
According to National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska Region, Chief Clint Johnson, an investigator arrived on scene shortly after the crash.
“We have an investigator on scene there right now,” Johnson said. “It did strike a hangar, so a majority of the airplane is inside of a hangar and there were no injuries on the ground — just the one occupant onboard the airplane.”
Johnson said that Alaska State Troopers, Mat-Su Fire and Rescue, and NTSB all responded to the incident. Troopers included that the Federal Aviation Administration also responded.
I have seen a lot of people in a hurry to put the plane in the hangar and usualy this type of stuff happens. Folks dont be in a hurry to put it up. CFI's need to teach this type of stuff.
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