Super Cub on floats crashes/sinks into lake in Alaska, 2 dead

[mr_happyland]

I got my seaplane rating at this place, Alaska Float Ratings (awesome experience, BTW) and flew this plane a few times.

Based on the witnesses, my random best guess is a stall/spin into the lake. We typically never flew more than a couple hundred feet over the water/terrain. Not enough room for recovery.

A lot of experience was lost in this accident. Tragic.

High-ranking Alaska Air Force officer among 2 killed in Kenai Peninsula plane crash

Air Force Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, 46, and civilian instructor Paul Kondrat, 41, were found dead Thursday when their plane was retrieved from Crescent Lake.

alaskapublic.org

 

[frfly172]

Sad RIP condolences

 

[Warlock]

I was around Crescent lake in mid April…it was still covered with ice…lots of elevation on both sides…so sad.

 

[Hengelo]

Stuff like this makes it seem like the risk curve for experience is U shaped. Obviously just a feeling. Scary stuff.