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Joe Mielke, 23, dies in small plane crash near Houston High in Houston, Alaska

Modified Date: 
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 11:07am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, October 8, 2015

NTSB: Plane crashed near Houston High after making climbing turn

Mielke first departed from Big Lake Airport the morning of the accident and flew to Cubdivision Airport, a 1,200-foot-long by 100-foot-wide private gravel-covered airstrip, at about 12:30 p.m., according to the report. Witnesses watched at 1:40 p.m. as Mielke departed the airstrip to the north, made a left climbing 270-degree turn and flew crosswind over the runway. At 300 feet up, the plane’s climb “shallowed slightly” as the Cessna flew over a workshop and house on the airstrip, the report says.
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Type: Aircraft Accident
People Involved: 
Joe Mielke
City: 
Houston, AK
County: 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
Area: 
Anchorage, AK

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