The small tires of the plane, a Cessna 172, struck a rock while making an emergency landing on a remote road on Kupreanof Island and flipped over in the muskeg on Oct. 7, 2025. Both occupants left uninjured.
The engine of a small plane failed on Oct. 7 near Petersburg with two occupants on board. The pilot emergency landed on a remote road on northern Kupreanof Island.
But the plane - a Cessna 172 wheeled general aircraft, with small tires - hit a rock when landing and flipped over in the muskeg; both occupants were able to get out and walk away uninjured. That's according to two people from Petersburg's volunteer fire department, the pilot from Petersburg who picked them up from Kupreanof, and another pilot who transported them to Wrangell, where the plane was based out of.
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