Hunter Homer Wells was 36 when he boarded a Cessna 206, tail number N9975, on October 31, 1983, on a flight from Nondalton to Kenai, Alaska. The small plane carried three others — Dewey Bailey, Sheila Cella, and John Cushman — and contact was lost during the journey; the aircraft never reached Kenai.

Search and rescue operations were launched and the Alaska State Troopers were notified, but despite searches no wreckage, remains, or other trace of the plane or its four occupants has been found. The route crosses extremely rugged terrain of dense forest, mountains, and many lakes, which complicated searches and has left the families without answers.

The disappearance remains unresolved and the lack of physical evidence has left the circumstances of that Halloween flight unknown. Anyone with information about the flight, its passengers, or observations from that area on October 31, 1983, is asked to come forward.