NTSB publishes a preliminary report on the Näiskalek crash, in which 2 were killed

The National Transportation Safety Board has published its Preliminary knowledge Wednesday on Fatal plane crash in Närzalek This killed two people and injured a third at the end of the last month.

The NTSB report says that the Cessna T207 was arranged ashore when it turned to the right of the runway and then turned heavily on the left before collapsing on the beach.

The crash killed the 48-year-old pilot Daniel Bunker and 38-year-old passenger Jenny Irene Miller. Miller was a well -known Inupiaq artist and photographer, originally from Nome.

The investigators said the surviving passenger told them that the plane that is used on the left is about 100 feet above the ground before it went down. On site witnesses and another pilot nearby gave similar accounts.

Witnesses also reported to see a dog on the runway shortly before the crash. Clint Johnson, head of Alaska NTSB, said Bunker told another pilot that he went around because something was on the runway.

“He made this statement to a company aircraft that was on the way a few miles behind him, and that's exactly what we know at the moment, ”said Johnson.

The aircraft worked as a air taxi for Smokey Bay Air, which comes from Homer and regularly flies into the area. Närwalek is about 25 miles southwest of Homer and can only be reached by boat or plane.

Johnson said the wreck was moved to a safe facility near Wasilla, where the investigators will examine it for mechanical problems.

“There were also some electronic data that were harvested from the plane to give us somehow, hopefully a little better an idea of ​​the last moments that lead to this tragic accident,” said Johnson.

The study also examines how the airline works, what Johnson says that this is a standard practice.

Johnson says it is too early to determine the cause and that the examination is still in the early phases. He says that the investigators want to publish the final report within one year.