Nr. Juneau, AK Amphibian Plane Crash Kills Nine, Aug 1966

NINE KILLED IN ALASKA COASTAL PLANE CRASH.

AT PEAK IN JUNEAU ICE CAP.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) -- Nine persons aboard an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane were killed Sunday when the airliner crashed and burned at the foot of high peak in the Juneau Ice Cap about 30 miles north of here.
The crash scene was at the 5,500-foot mark at Eagle River Glacier.
The cause was under investigation by federal authorities. The last report from the plane over Bernens Bay 40 miles north of here gave no indications trouble. The weather was mostly clear with good visibility.
A helicopter pilot who reached the scene, CHUCK GEISEL of Livingston Helicopter Service of Juneau, said there appeared to be no possibility of recovering the bodies from the burned wreckage of the twin-engine Grumman Goose amphibian.
The dead were identified as:
PAUL MORF, 35, Douglas, Alaska, the pilot.
A. M. BROWN, San Francisco, a retired wharf manager for the White Pass and Yukon Railway, and his wife.
FRANK BUCKNER of Juneau.
MR. and MRS. LEON C. KAPLAN, 17021 Osborne St., Northridge, Calif., and their daughter, CAROLYN.
The Rev. LAWRENCE M. WOLF and the Rev. HOWARD J. WOLF, both of Cleveland, Ohio.
The two clergymen were not related but were reportedly friends taking a vacation together through Canada and Alaska. They were both of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese.
Fourteen aircraft took part in the search for the airliner after it disappeared shortly after taking off from Skagway, Alaska, for the 100-mile flight over the edge of the Juneau Ice Cap.
The wreckage was spotted by a search plane several hours later.

Daily Sitka Sentinel Alaska 1966-08-22

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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!