Stall likely cause in deadly Merrill Field plane crash

Alaska DispatchStall likely cause in deadly Merrill Field plane crashAlaska DispatchRadio transmissions between Big Lake pilot Rob Lilly and Merrill Field Air Traffic Control helped federal investigators get a better idea of what happened before he and his girlfriend crashed into an Anchorage airstrip and died. Courtesy Nelsen Family.

AK Beat: Memorial dinner slated for couple killed in small plane accident

Alaska DispatchAK Beat: Memorial dinner slated for couple killed in small plane accidentAlaska DispatchLast call comes early in Spenard: A plane crash last weekend on Merrill Field has been cleaned up but grief flows unebbed for Jessi Nelsen and Rob Lily, a young couple with deep ties across Southcentral Alaska who were killed in the accident. Loved ...

AK Beat: Latest crash puts Alaska aviation death toll at 24 this year

Alaska DispatchAK Beat: Latest crash puts Alaska aviation death toll at 24 this yearAlaska DispatchSaturday's plane crash at Merrill Field, which killed 31-year-old Big Lake pilot Robert Lilly and his girlfriend, 27-year-old Jessi Nelsen, increase to 24 the number of aircraft fatalities in Alaska this year. Loren Holmes photo. Victims ID'd in ...