Thomas Lloyd Maxwell, 35, vanished on February 24, 1986, while piloting a 1965 white Cessna 206 with blue trim, tail number N8022Z, from King Salmon, Alaska, to Anchorage. He was the sole occupant; radio contact was lost after a transmission placing his aircraft west of Moose Point. When Maxwell did not arrive in Anchorage, the plane was reported overdue and search and rescue was launched. The Alaska State Troopers opened a missing-person case that same day.

Maxwell was described as a White male, 5 feet 7 inches, about 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He wore contact lenses and was believed to be dressed in blue jeans, a t-shirt, a black jacket with red lining, a green snowsuit, brown Sorrell snowpacks, a gray wool cap and a red scarf. He also wore a gold band with two small diamonds. No wreckage, emergency locator signal, or other trace of the aircraft or Maxwell was ever found.

The final moments of the flight remain unclear and no cause for the disappearance can be determined without a crash site or additional evidence. If anyone has information about Maxwell, his flight, or the area west of Moose Point on February 24, 1986, please come forward.