Randy E. Crawford, 52, a retired Alaska State Trooper colonel, disappeared after a cargo plane he piloted ditched in Cook Inlet on January 9, 2007. He was flying a gray and blue Cessna 207, tail N9941M, for Air Supply Alaska, carrying groceries from Kenai to Kokhanok. At about 11 a.m. he radioed Kenai ATC to report engine trouble; contact was lost soon after and his last known position was roughly 12 miles northwest of Kenai.

The aircraft was found later that day floating in ice-filled waters near Cook Inlet’s western shore and was lifted by the oil tanker Seabulk Nevada. Inspectors reported catastrophic engine failure, the pilot’s door open, and the seatbelt unfastened, but Crawford was not in the plane. He was believed to be wearing a brown parka with a hood, wool shirt, Carhartt pants, insulated long underwear, leather boots and a baseball cap. Despite extensive search and rescue, he was never located and is presumed deceased.

Are there any witnesses, local boaters, or commercial crews who remember seeing the plane or a person in the water that morning?