Timothy Thornton, 45, was one of five men aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340 that vanished en route from Yakutat to Anchorage on May 3, 1992. The other passengers were Jeffrey Roth, Kent Roth, Brian Barber, and Scott Roth. The last transmission reported the aircraft at 12,000 feet on instruments; shortly after, all contact was lost and the plane, N69469, never reached its destination.

An extensive search turned up no wreckage or survivors. A later claim that the pilot’s wife heard references to 6,000 and icing on air traffic tapes could not be confirmed after an FBI laboratory enhancement. The NTSB classified the incident as a missing aircraft and listed the cause of the disappearance as undetermined. The remote, rugged terrain between Yakutat and Anchorage would have complicated search efforts.

No trace of the aircraft or the five men has ever been found. Did anyone in the Yakutat or Anchorage area have information about the flight that was not made public?