Pilot transported to hospital after Juneau floatplane goes down near Shelter Island

Pilot transported to hospital after Juneau floatplane goes down near Shelter Island

A Ward Air floatplane in Juneau on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Officials say a floatplane made a crash landing in Favorite Channel near Juneau Thursday morning. The pilot, who was the plane’s sole passenger, was rescued and later transported to a hospital. Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer Shannon Shepard said the Coast Guard received reports of a downed Cessna single-engine propeller plane in the vicinity of Boy Scou…

Floatplane crash near Juneau leaves pilot with minor injuries

A Ward Air floatplane made a water landing near Gull Island outside Juneau on April 16. The pilot was rescued by another aircraft before troopers arrived and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and hypothermia.

Pilot hospitalized after rescue from downed plane near Juneau

A Ward Air Cessna floatplane. (Public domain photo by Gillfoto / CC BY-SA 2.0) A Ward Air plane went down in Lynn Canal near Shelter Island on Thursday morning, with the pilot as the sole occupant hospitalized, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. “The Coast Guard was notified at 10:17 a.m. today of a downed Cessna plane with one person on board approximately 1.5 miles offshore Boy Scout Beach,” Shannon Shepard, a USCG Arctic District spokesperson…