Air disaster

2020 Kenai Peninsula mid-air collision

31 Jul 2020 · 60.50° N, 151.02° W

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When
31 Jul 2020
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
60.50° N, 151.02° W
Description
two-plane collision in Alaska
Deaths
6

2020 Alaska mid-air collision

Aviation accident in the United States

On July 31, 2020, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver collided with a Piper PA-12 over the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, approximately 2 mi (3 km) northeast of Soldotna Airport, near mile 91.5 of the Sterling Highway. Most of the wreckage landed about 200 yards from the road. Occupants of both aircraft, including Alaska State Representative Gary Knopp, who was piloting one of them, died from the accident.

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