One man is dead after a light plane crashed near Beluga Lake on the west side of Cook Inlet. Alaska State Troopers say the pilot of a Cessna 150, Timothy Hudok, age 45, died and passenger Robert Goodwill, age 44, of North Carolina, was seriously injured in the accident which occurred Sunday.
The Cessna left Anchorage’s Lake Hood, and was reported overdue later that day. Troopers were guided to the wreck by a locator beacon, and found the plane three miles from the lake around 11:30 on Sunday night.
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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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