Authorities identify Wasilla pilot killed in plane crash outside of Nome

Thomas Grainger’s plane, a single-engine, single-passenger Cessna 172, could not land in Nome because of weather and went down after 10:30 p.m. Sunday. (Photo courtesy Alaska State Troopers)
Authorities have identified a pilot killed after a single-passenger airplane crashed outside of Nome sometime after Sunday evening.
Thomas Grainger, 28, of Wasilla was piloting a single-engine Cessna 172 from Wasilla to Nome, when it went down.
Alaska State Troopers were inform