NOME, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers say a Wasilla man has died in an airplane crash near Nome.
Troopers on Monday identified the victim as 28-year-old Thomas Grainger.
Troopers say they received a report Sunday of an airplane that was overdue on a flight from Wasilla to Nome.
In a web posting, troopers say Grainger was not able to land his Cessna 172 in Nome because of weather, and his last communication was about 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Ground searchers found the plane about 10 a.m. Monday at Hastings Creek, about 10 miles east of Nome.
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