Pilot, passenger on downed aircraft near Pilot Point evaced Monday night

Authorities said the Cherokee crashed approx. four miles south of Pilot Point, in the vicinity of the King Salmon River, shortly after takeoff. (Graphic: Ben Matheson / Carto / Geographic Information Network of Alaska)Update: State troopers confirmed at 9:00 p.m. Monday that both the pilot and passenger on board the Piper Cherokee that went down near Pilot Point had survived and had been transported away from the scene by the US Coast Guard. The aircraft, which was reported down around 3:30 p.m.