Kenneth Lee Erlewine, known as Ken, was 29 when he disappeared after boarding a Bellanca Scout on skis at Melozi Hot Springs on February 1, 1983. He was a passenger with 30-year-old Susan Edmondson; the flight was piloted by William Robideau and was bound for Fairbanks. The aircraft, tail number N8639V, never arrived and vanished without trace over remote Alaskan terrain.
Kenneth was described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches, 150 pounds, with sandy hair and green eyes. He was reportedly wearing a dark-colored parka, insulated coveralls, a stocking cap, mittens, and shoe packs. The Alaska State Troopers were notified on February 2, 1983, and opened case E83004421. No wreckage, bodies, or communication from the flight was ever found, and the circumstances of the disappearance remain unknown.
If anyone has information about the flight, its route, or sightings in the area that day, please share what is known.