A preliminary report released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates the fuel gauges dropped to zero before a plane carrying four Haines residents crash-landed in Lynn Canal on Nov. 4.
Pilot Mike Mackowiak, his wife Martha, son Nik and family friend Victoria Hansen survived the accident.
According to the report, Mike Mackowiak said he added 38 gallons of fuel to the airplane in Haines before departing for Juneau. “He estimated his normal…
