Johnson said they have not determined the causes of the crashes as the NTSB's investigation is still preliminary. On Friday, Alaska State Troopers said a plane crashed near Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula. They identified the victims as 70-year-old ...

Three people are dead after two separate plane crashes in two days in Southcentral Alaska.

A Happy Valley resident and a Ninilchik resident are dead following a Friday morning plane crash near Tustumena Lake. A dispatch from Alaska State Troopers on Friday says that a team from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center had gone to the scene where a single-engine Champion 7GCBC plane had crashed near the lake.

Investigators looking into the cause of a fatal plane crash last month near McGrath have recovered the wreckage and will soon begin examining it for evidence of mechanical problems.

Since 7 people have died in plane crashes, the National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into the incidents.