Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

Dispatch Text:

On October 20, 2026, at 10:08 am, the Alaska State Troopers were notified of a plane crash in Blue Fox Bay on Afognak Island. Initial reports indicated that two adults, including the pilot, were able to escape the plane and were transported by a good Samaritan aircraft to Kodiak with non-life-threatening injuries. A third occupant was entrapped in the sunken plane. Other good Samaritans were able to extricate the deceased adult male from the Cessna 185 and transported him back to Kodiak. The man's body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy. The man's name will be released once next-of-kin procedures are complete. The NTSB will investigate the cause of the crash.