Day/date: August 12, 1988


                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Aircraft Accident
Log number: 88-192
Date/time of incident: 8/9, 9:50 am  Date/time received: 8/12
Park: Noatak                             Location: Eli River
Reported by: RAD, ARO
Received by: Jon Anglin, RAD, WASO

Incident Summary
On August 9th, and Arctic Tern, a single engine fixed wing aircraft, piloted
by J.A., 38, of Anchorage, Alaska, crashed into a vertical snow
bank at the headwaters of the Eli River in Noatak National Preserve.
J.A. and his brother S.A., 35, of Nome, a passenger in the plane, were
both killed on impact. They were apparently hunting. A ranger and an Alaska
State Trooper responded to the scene to investigate and to remove the
bodies.