AK Pilot Killed In Tuesday Morning Rainy Pass Regal Air Plane Crash Identified

ANCHORAGE, AK. (THECOUNT) — Carl David Oberg has been identified as the pilot killed in a small plane crash near Rainy Pass, Alaska, Tuesday morning.

Oberg, 67, died after the Regal Air Services plane that he was piloting crashed in the area of Rainy Pass.

Alaska State Troopers confirmed the death in a dispatch report early Tuesday morning. They were notified of the crash itself at 5:43 p.m. Monday.

Carl David Oberg, 67, a pilot flying with Regal Air Services at Lake Hood, died after the Cessna 206 he was piloting crashed. According to AST, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center responded to the area of Rainy Pass and located the plane and Oberg, the sole occupant on board, deceased. source

Oberg’s body was transported back to JBER, where the State Medical Examiner took possession of his body.

So far there is no preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Bureau into what caused the crash.

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