Bruce Harden 06-09-09
Lonnie Draheim
Two dead in small-plane crash near Nome
The Associated Press, Published: June 11th
Two people have died in a plane crash a half mile east of Elim in western Alaska.The
Federal Aviation Administration says the airplane was an amateur built RV-7.
Names of the dead were not immediately released by Alaska State Troopers.
Troopers say the plane left Galena at about 4 p.m. Tuesday on a flight to Nome but
never showed up.
The wreckage was found Wednesday night east of Bald Head Mountain.
Fog, poor visibility and low clouds hampered search efforts.
Men who died in plane crash from Oregon
The Associated Press, Published: June 11th, 2009
ELIM -- Alaska State Troopers have released the names of two people who died in
a plane crash.
The two have been identified as the pilot, 69-year-old Bruce Harden, and a passenger,
50-year-old Lonnie Draheim. Both were from Brookings, Ore.
The crash occurred a half-mile east of Elim in western Alaska. The Federal Aviation
Administration says the airplane was an RV-7, an amateur-built plane.
The plane left Galena at about 4 p.m. Tuesday on a flight to Nome but never showed
up. The wreckage was found Wednesday night east of Bald Head Mountain. Medical personnel
from Elim responded and pronounced the two dead.