Gary Alan Love, 52, and his companion Virginia Sacco departed Dry Bay, Alaska, in a Cessna 170 on July 30, 1993, bound for Yakutat to buy supplies. They were reported overdue on July 31, 1993, and the Alaska State Troopers began a search and rescue operation along their planned route and the surrounding terrain.

Searchers recovered aircraft wreckage about four miles offshore near Dry Bay, including a landing gear and wheel assembly identified as from the Cessna, plus personal items such as a survival pack and a shaving kit on the coastline. Those finds confirmed the plane went down, but no further trace of the aircraft or of Gary Love and Virginia Sacco has been located. The investigation remains open and the families have not received closure.

Did anyone in the Dry Bay or Yakutat area at the time see anything that might help explain what happened on that flight?