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New details from McCarthy plane crash that killed 3 released in prelim report

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first preliminary investigative report on the plane crash that claimed three lives near a remote Alaska town last month was released Tuesday. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not identify the cause of the July 27 crash near the town of McCarthy in the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains, but does lay out the timeline and facts of the investigation. The crash left three dead: 23-year-old Anadyr Elliott, his 19-year-old fiancée “Jing” Dahlin Mungkieatsakul and McCarthy pilot Jason Lobo. Lobo was flying the Piper PA-22-150 — a four-seat, single-engine aircraft — from McCarthy to the upper Dan Creek airstrip, a private and uncharted airstrip about 12 miles southeast of McCarthy.

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Scoop News DeskAnchorage, Alabama · Published Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTCUpdated Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 2:07 AM UTC

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The airstrip is considered by Alaskan pilots to be “one way in and out,” according to the NTSB. The report also cited witness accounts from the ground around the upper Dan Creek airstrip who recalled hearing the plane approach the runway at a “normal” power setting before the engine noise dramatically rose, followed by a moment of silence and then the sound of an impact.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first preliminary investigative report on the plane crash that claimed three lives near a remote Alaska town last month was released Tuesday. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not identify the cause of the July 27 crash near the town of McCarthy in the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains, but does lay out the timeline and facts of the investigation. The crash left three dead: 23-year-old Anadyr Elliott, his 19-year-old fiancée “Jing” Dahlin Mungkieatsakul and McCarthy pilot Jason Lobo. Lobo was flying the Piper PA-22-150 — a four-seat, single-engine aircraft — from McCarthy to the upper Dan Creek airstrip, a private and uncharted airstrip about 12 miles southeast of McCarthy.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first preliminary investigative report on the plane crash that claimed three lives near a remote Alaska town last month was released Tuesday. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not identify the cause of the July 27 crash near the town of McCarthy in the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains, but does lay out the timeline and facts of the investigation. The crash left three dead: 23-year-old Anadyr Elliott, his 19-year-old fiancée “Jing” Dahlin Mungkieatsakul and McCarthy pilot Jason Lobo. Lobo was flying the Piper PA-22-150 — a four-seat, single-engine aircraft — from McCarthy to the upper Dan Creek airstrip, a private and uncharted airstrip about 12 miles southeast of McCarthy.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first preliminary investigative report on the plane crash that claimed three lives near a remote Alaska town last month was released Tuesday. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not identify the cause of the July 27 crash near the town of McCarthy in the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains, but does lay out the timeline and facts of the investigation. The crash left three dead: 23-year-old Anadyr Elliott, his 19-year-old fiancée “Jing” Dahlin Mungkieatsakul and McCarthy pilot Jason Lobo. Lobo was flying the Piper PA-22-150 — a four-seat, single-engine aircraft — from McCarthy to the upper Dan Creek airstrip, a private and uncharted airstrip about 12 miles southeast of McCarthy.
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