PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A recently released report sheds light on what caused a small plane to crash near Port Angeles last month.
The National Transportation Safety Board says the crash that killed one man happened after the Cessna 170A airplane apparently ran out of fuel.
The agency in a report said the pilot left Kodiak, Alaska on January 25 and that on January 26, he refueled and departed Ketchikan, Alaska.
The report says the man texted his mother that afternoon saying a severe headwind was causing concern about whether he had enough fuel to complete the flight.
He tried to make it to Port Angeles but broadcast a mayday call saying he was “ditching” near a boat that was towing a barge.