Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified by two eyewitness hikers that a plane had crashed at Crescent Lake near Moose Pass on the Kenai Peninsula on Tuesday, June 18th, at 2:11 pm.
A US Fish and Wildlife Service float plane and a DPS HELO 3 responded to the area and located debris in the lake. There were no signs of survivors in the water or on the shore.
After some investigation, Wildlife Troopers learned that a super cub with two adult males on board was reported overdue in the area.
The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) dispatched an Alaska Air National Guard rescue team to the site; however, they could not locate either male.
The Alaska Wildlife Troopers, in coordination with local, state, military, volunteer, and federal partners, worked Tuesday to recover the two individuals.
“Right now, the focus is on getting crews up to the lake today. To continue the search for those two men who are currently missing. There’s crews that are going to be working their way up there today using military aircraft. So they’ll be up there working throughout the day,” said Alaska State Troopers Communications Director Austin McDaniel on Wednesday.