Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot as 24-year-old Colt Richter of Anchorage. According to his Facebook page, Richter graduated from MIT in 2016. Richter was flying for Anchorage-based ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a man killed in an airplane crash near Willow. Troopers say the pilot, 24-year-old Colt Richter, died in ...

Troopers say the pilot, 24-year-old Colt Richter, died in the crash early Wednesday night. Richter was flying for Regal Air.

A plane crash in Willow on Wednesday evening left a young pilot dead and two passengers injured, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers identified the pilot as 24-year-old Colt Richter.

Pilot Colt Richter, 24, was killed. His female passenger and her 2 1/2-year-old son survived. Richter was flying for Regal Air, an Anchorage-based air taxi and flightseeing company.