Real sad, we lost this pilot while he attempted to travel to Valdez for the Fly in. The worse part is his ELT was registered to a foreign government agency and marked with a country code from Ireland, according to a preliminary report the agency released late last week. That apparently outdated information may have complicated search efforts in the immediate aftermath of the May 12 crash.
Being a former SAR member - This is real horrible, if you own a plane make sure your ELT is register to your aircraft