NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Thursday, October 17, 2013
INCIDENTS
Yellowstone NP
Two Men Walk Away From Plane Crash
Two Alaska men walked away from an airplane crash after their single-engine Piper 180 aircraft went down just outside the park's boundary near Sylvan Pass on the evening of Friday, October 11th.
J.B., 61, and his son D.B., 25, both from Beluga, Alaska, were en route to Boise, Idaho. The pair had just taken off from Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody, Wyoming, when the crash occurred.
The Park Country Sheriff's Office 911 Communications Center received a report on an overdue aircraft shortly after midnight on Friday. Rangers and personnel from Park County Search and Rescue began a joint search for the aircraft at first light on Saturday morning. Search crews were able to approximate the location of the aircraft through tracking signals from its emergency location transmitter. A county SAR aircraft located the wreckage shortly before 9 a.m. and was able to confirm that both occupants had survived.
As rescuers began making their way to the site of the crash, approximately 1,500 yards south of the East Entrance Road, both men were seen walking out under their own power. The men sustained bruises, lacerations and possible fractures. Both were transported to West Park Hospital by ambulance.
The exact cause of the crash is as yet undetermined. The investigation has been turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration in coordination with the National Park Service.
[Public Affairs]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/):
Office of Communications - The National Park Service this morning joins other federal agencies in returning to normal operations following the closure that had been in effect since the first day of October. Guidance is provided on resumption of operations.
Office of the Comptroller - The FBMS training team has rolled out the first of five computer-based training courses that address various elements of Master Data from an NPS perspective. “NPS FBMS Master Data: The Basics” is now available in DOI Learn.
Biscayne NP - A new series of podcasts on the shipwrecks of Biscayne National Park's Maritime Heritage Trail has been released. The seven podcasts include an introduction to the trail as a whole and five to six minute episodes on each of the six wrecks on the trail.
George Washington Carver NM - The park hosted its annual Prairie Day on September 14th. Scheduled in conjunction with Gem City Days in the town of Diamond, Prairie Day reached new audiences as well as repeat visitors from the surrounding community.
James A. Garfield NHS - James A. Garfield National Historic Site hosted a very special event on Friday evening, September 20th, as artist Amy Lindenberger unveiled her brand new painting of Gen. James A. Garfield.
Southeast Region - Donna Losson, associate regional director for Southeast Region, retired early this month after nearly 40 years with the National Park Service.
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