Four Killed in Crash of Sightseeing Plane
A plane carrying a family on a sightseeing trip crashed north of Anchorage, killing all four people aboard.
The single-engine Cessna 170 went down Friday night north of Willow. The plane had been returning to Anchorage, about 50 miles southeast of the crash site, after a stop in Talkeetna, about 40 miles north, according to Alaska state troopers.
The crash’s cause was not immediately known. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration were investigating.
The dead were identified as Curtiss Blake, 64, of Anchorage; his wife, Sigrid Blake, 58; their daughter, Christina Blake, 28, of Girdwood; and her boyfriend, Robert Toney, 36, the pilot.
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