FAA records show pilot killed in Nome-area crash was not permitted to fly at night

The Alaska pilot killed when his plane crashed about 10 miles east of Nome should not have been flying at the time, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Thomas Grainger’s last communication was at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Alaska State Troopers. Grainger, 28, has been a licensed private pilot since 2006, according to the FAA airman database. However, he had a medical restriction that said his license was “not valid for night flying or by color signal c