Report indicates plane flew low before fatal Birchwood crash

A plane that crashed near Anchorage killing all four aboard on April 20 was engaged in aerial photography over Birchwood at the time of the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday released the first of three reports on the incident.
Shaun Williams with the NTSB at Birchwood crash site (File photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage)According to the report, the Cessna 172, piloted by George Kobelnyk, was flying under visual flight rules [VFR] about two miles from the Bir