Wesley Ballard, a 32-year-old pilot, was reported missing on the morning of December 3, 1994, after departing Kenai, Alaska, on a routine mail and freight run to Homer. He was the sole occupant of a 1965 blue and white Cessna 206, tail number N5282U, flying the usual coastal route between the towns. Radar tracked the aircraft along the coast until the last known point placed the Cessna about two miles south of Ninilchik, offshore, after which all contact and tracking stopped.

Weather that day was described as treacherous: heavy snowfall was reported in the Ninilchik area while Homer experienced rain, and those conditions are believed to have been a significant factor. Authorities conducted a search for Ballard and the plane, but no wreckage or remains were ever found. The disappearance remains unsolved and the fate of Ballard and the aircraft is still unknown.

If anyone has memories or information about that flight, the route, or searches conducted in December 1994, please share what might help piece together what happened.