an aerial position of a riverThe Kuskokwim River. (Travis S./Flickr Creative Commons)

An Anchorage man is dormant aft his level collapsed adjacent McGrath connected Saturday, according to Alaska State Troopers. 

Troopers said 58-year-old Cary Foster was nan sole caretaker of nan Piper PA-18 Super Cub he was flying, which went down astir 60 miles southbound of nan precocious Kuskokwim River community. It’s not yet clear what caused nan level to crash.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified astir nan clang soon earlier 10 a.m. Saturday but mediocre upwind prevented them from responding to nan area.

A chopper dispatched by nan Alaska Rescue Coordination Center from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson successful Anchorage was later capable to scope nan tract and retrieve Foster’s body, according to a trooper report.

Foster’s remains person been sent to nan authorities aesculapian examiner’s agency and his adjacent of kin person been notified.

The National Transportation Safety Board will beryllium conducting an investigation of nan incident.

This is nan first fatal level clang successful nan McGrath area since 2011, erstwhile a Cessna 207 collided pinch nan broadside of a upland successful mediocre upwind while en way to nan Yukon River organization of Anvik, leaving 2 dormant and 4 earnestly injured.