6 Dead in Sightseeing Plane Crash Near Alaska’s Misty Fjords National Monument A small sightseeing plane crashed on Thursday in Southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the plane’s emergency alert beacon was activated around 11:20 a.m. when the plane crashed in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument, near Ketchikan. A local helicopter company reported […] SnowBrains | August 6, 2021 0 Comments
2 Men Killed in Plane Crash Near Utah Ski Resort At 10:02 am on Saturday 29th May, 20201, a call came into Weber Dispatch that a person witnessed a plane crash into the mountain near Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Eden, UT. Units from Weber Fire District, Weber County Sheriff Department, and Ogden City Fire responded to a single-engine plane that had crashed. “Witnesses observed a plane flying low in […] SnowBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe City, CA Pilot’s Plane Goes down Off Coast, Search Becomes Recovery Effort An investigation involving a Cessna 182 Skylane airplane that reportedly crashed off the coast of Santa Barbara is now being treated as a recovery mission after search and rescue efforts were suspended. The lone occupant of the aircraft, 61-year-old Debra Nicholson of Tahoe City, Calif., lost communication with the Santa Barbara Airport Tower on Sunday, September 27th at approximately 7 […] Emily Crofton | October 1, 2020 0 Comments
1 Killed, 1 Injured in Plane Crash in South Lake Tahoe, CA Tuesday A small, single-engine plane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Meyers, California killing one person and injuring another. The injured person has been airlifted to a South Lake Tahoe area hospital. The person’s condition is unknown. Related: VIDEO: Former Pro-Skier David Lesh Crashed His Plane into Half Moon Bay Off California on Tuesday The Sierra Sun reports that a Cessna Skyhawk crashed […] SnowBrains | July 8, 2020 0 Comments
Founder of Utah Based GOODE Skis Died in Plane Crash on Wednesday David Goode, 62, the founder of a Utah-based ski tech company was killed Wednesday when his mysteriously nose-dived into a residential neighborhood just outside of Salt Lake City, officials said. Nobody else was injured. Goode, founder and president of Goode Ski Technologies, took off at 3 pm from Bountiful and was expected to land in Ogden at 3:11 pm. But, just half […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 17, 2020 0 Comments
Pilot Thrown From Plane When it Became Tangled in Chairlift Cables at Italian Ski Resort A small aircraft got tangled in the cables of a chairlift near the town of Prato Valentino in the Italian Alps on Sunday, injuring the pilot. Related: It’s Official! Milan-Cortina, Italy Will Host the Winter Olympics 2026 The pilot, from Genoa, was thrown out of the plane on impact. His passenger remained trapped inside the plane and was rescued by […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 8, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Former Pro-Skier David Lesh Crashed His Plane into Half Moon Bay Off California on Tuesday David Lesh, former pro-skier and the snowmobiler who became infamous earlier this summer for snowmobiling in snowless Aspen wilderness areas, crash-landed his plane into Half Moon Bay off the California Coast on Tuesday. Lesh and his passenger were uninjured in the crash. Related: Men Accused of Illegal Snowmobiling on Independence Pass, CO Bragged About it on Social Media Pilot Owen Leipelt, […] SnowBrains | August 22, 2019 0 Comments
Former Vail, CO Resident and Keen Snowboarder Was Onboard Skydiving Plane that Crashed in Hawaii Killing All 11 Onboard On Friday, former Vail, CO resident, and avid snowboarder Casey Williamson was among 11 killed when their skydiving plane crashed and burned at a coastal airfield on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It was the worst civilian aviation accident in the US since 2011. 29-year-old Williamson, who was from Yukon, Oklahoma, worked as an instructor and as a videographer who filmed […] SnowBrains | June 24, 2019 0 Comments
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