NTSB releases preliminary report in downtown crash

The National Transportation Safety Board says wreckage from a small airplane that struck a downtown Anchorage building last month was incinerated in the post-crash fire.
The NTSB released the preliminary report Wednesday into the Dec. 29 crash that killed the pilot, Doug Demarest. A family spokeswoman said his death was a suicide.
The plane struck the building that houses the law firm in which Demarest’s wife is a partner. The impact severed the plane’s right wing, which continued in