172 down - fatal - near Nome

Why would u not file a flight plan and get flight following is beyond me...

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Neither of which would have prevented a crash. Sad deal anyway.
 
WannFly said:
Why would u not file a flight plan and get flight following is beyond me...

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What's the availability of flight following across Alaska?

What would a VFR flight plan get him that he didn't get?
 
Will never know, may be he got into IMC, may be not. In any case, very sad and RIP

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Not much flight following outside anchorage bowl, Kenia and Fairbanks. Flight plan would have given them a starting place to look. That's a stretch endurance wise.
Too bad.


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WannFly said:
Why would u not file a flight plan and get flight following is beyond me...

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No radar once you get away from Anchorage unless the flight is operated above 7 or 8,000.
 
MauleSkinner said:
What's the availability of flight following across Alaska?

What would a VFR flight plan get him that he didn't get?
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Like Steven says (EDIT: And Zeldman) above and below, it's pretty much non-radar for the altitudes that a 172 would typically be at.
 
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Zeldman said:
No radar once you get away from Anchorage unless the flight is operated above 7 or 8,000.
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Ahh...pardon my ignorance

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Lots of aircraft that operate in Alaska have extended fuel. There is a mod to put 18 gallons under the back seat in the 172.
did this one have it? who knows.
 
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