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2008/10/04

Plane Crashes near Eklutna Alaska


Who: home-built, Challenger 2 experimental airplane registered out of Wasilla
Where: crashed into the trees just outside the village of Eklutna near some railroad tracks and a new gravel pit near Eklutna Alaska
When: Friday
Who: Richard Roiland, 61 of Wasilla
Why: The plane was equipped with BRS ( a ballistic recovery system) which had not launched during the crash. The pilot was deceased when found. National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration policy is not to investigate the crashes of kit planes.
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