Michael Ray Otterbach was 28 and working aboard the fishing vessel Gold N Star when he was accidentally knocked overboard about 2.5 miles north of the northeast point of Sanak Island on December 7, 1980. A rescue attempt began immediately and crew were hoisting him back toward the vessel, but something went wrong during that operation and he was lost to the sea. The Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation; despite efforts to recover him, he was never seen again.

Otterbach had brown hair, blue eyes and a tattoo on his left forearm. Does anyone who worked on Alaskan fishing boats at that time or who has information about the Gold N Star remember details of the December 1980 incident?