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had met frank at yellow jacket creek in 1999 to help turn his plane over after he made an impromptu and very expensive pee stop.... seemed like a very very happy guy even with his plane busted up then...
hope they find his hunter... have always wondered what happens to someone dropped off by someone and then they don't make it back... hope he told someone where he might of dropped him.....
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One dead, one missing after plane crash
Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 11th, 2008 10:09 PM
Last Modified: September 11th, 2008 10:10 PM
A Big Lake man is dead and his passenger missing after an airplane went down in the wilderness near Talkeetna, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.
Frank Dinello, 48, was killed when his Piper Super Cub crashed in foul weather in an area east of town, troopers said.
Dinello's plane took off from the Talkeetna airport at 4 p.m. Wednesday with a hunter on board. They were heading to a camp about 40 miles east. Dinello was planning to return to pick up a second hunter but never came back to the airport, troopers said.
The pair was reported missing to troopers at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
An initial aerial search of the area was turned back because of bad weather. A search by the Civil Air Patrol resumed Thursday morning and found the crash site. Dinello had been killed, but the hunter was not there, troopers said.
It was unclear if Dinello had dropped the hunter off before the crash or if the hunter had walked away from it. The search was continuing.
1999 yellowjack creek
ANC99LA111
On August 11, 1999, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N7174K, sustained substantial damage while landing at a remote area, about 43 miles northeast of Talkeetna, Alaska, about latitude 62 degrees, 25 minutes north, and longitude 148 degrees, 32 minutes west. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area business flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The airplane was registered to the pilot. The pilot was operating the airplane for his hunting guide business, Alaska North Country Enterprises. The commercial certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. VFR company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated from the pilot's home in Big Lake, Alaska, about 1730.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on August 12, 1999, the pilot reported he intended to check on some of his hunting clients. After departure from his home, he did not locate the clients, but continued to aerial scout for sheep. At the confluence of the Yellowjacket Creek, and the Talkeetna River, the pilot decided to land in a clear area where he has landed in the past. During the roll out, the pilot said brush along the left side of the area was taller that he anticipated. The left wing collided with the brush, and he attempted to keep the airplane straight by applying right brake pressure. The airplane decelerated and then nosed over. It received damage to the propeller, and the left wing lift strut.
After the accident, the pilot radioed a Northwest Airline flight passing overhead. He remained at the accident site until he was picked up by an Alaska State Trooper helicopter on August 12, 1999.
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hope they find his hunter... have always wondered what happens to someone dropped off by someone and then they don't make it back... hope he told someone where he might of dropped him.....
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One dead, one missing after plane crash
Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 11th, 2008 10:09 PM
Last Modified: September 11th, 2008 10:10 PM
A Big Lake man is dead and his passenger missing after an airplane went down in the wilderness near Talkeetna, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.
Frank Dinello, 48, was killed when his Piper Super Cub crashed in foul weather in an area east of town, troopers said.
Dinello's plane took off from the Talkeetna airport at 4 p.m. Wednesday with a hunter on board. They were heading to a camp about 40 miles east. Dinello was planning to return to pick up a second hunter but never came back to the airport, troopers said.
The pair was reported missing to troopers at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
An initial aerial search of the area was turned back because of bad weather. A search by the Civil Air Patrol resumed Thursday morning and found the crash site. Dinello had been killed, but the hunter was not there, troopers said.
It was unclear if Dinello had dropped the hunter off before the crash or if the hunter had walked away from it. The search was continuing.
1999 yellowjack creek
ANC99LA111
On August 11, 1999, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N7174K, sustained substantial damage while landing at a remote area, about 43 miles northeast of Talkeetna, Alaska, about latitude 62 degrees, 25 minutes north, and longitude 148 degrees, 32 minutes west. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area business flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The airplane was registered to the pilot. The pilot was operating the airplane for his hunting guide business, Alaska North Country Enterprises. The commercial certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. VFR company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated from the pilot's home in Big Lake, Alaska, about 1730.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on August 12, 1999, the pilot reported he intended to check on some of his hunting clients. After departure from his home, he did not locate the clients, but continued to aerial scout for sheep. At the confluence of the Yellowjacket Creek, and the Talkeetna River, the pilot decided to land in a clear area where he has landed in the past. During the roll out, the pilot said brush along the left side of the area was taller that he anticipated. The left wing collided with the brush, and he attempted to keep the airplane straight by applying right brake pressure. The airplane decelerated and then nosed over. It received damage to the propeller, and the left wing lift strut.
After the accident, the pilot radioed a Northwest Airline flight passing overhead. He remained at the accident site until he was picked up by an Alaska State Trooper helicopter on August 12, 1999.
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