NTSB says fuel gauges read empty before Lynn Canal plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board released the preliminary report on last Wednesday’s plane crash in the Lynn Canal, which injured four Haines residents.
Eldred Rock, looking east. (Pam Randles). Shared via KHNS.org.
According to the NTSB report, after an uneventful flight from Haines to Juneau, pilot Mike Mackowiak walked around his Cessna 180 and didn’t see anything unusual. In Haines, he had filled the plane with 38 gallons of fuel. Before departing Juneau, he said the