The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-11-16
PILOT MOORE, 5 PASSENGERS,
 DOW N ON BAR
Six Left Cordova Saturday Morning Failed to Re-
 turn or Reach Juneau
SEARCH IS STARTED
 FROM WESTERN END
Plane e Sighted Near Cape Yakataga 70. K.'
 Signal Is Given

Pilot Johnny Moore, flying Star Airway Bellanca plane with five 1n- iskin oil well drillers aboard as passengers, enroute from Cordova to Juneau, and reported missing late last Saturday afternoon, was found, Sunday afternon by search ing plane from Cordoya, on a river bar of Quotas river, near Cape Yakataga, on the Gulf of Alaska. Moore and his passengers are re- ported safe.
 Pilot Ken Neese returned to Cor dova during Sunday afternoon from the searching trip for Pilot Moore. Neese was unable to land his pom toon plane on account of snags and the surf but Pilot Moore and his party gave Neese the OK" sign Why Moore sat down Is not known.
 A radiophone operator at Yaka- taga said party had started from that point to aid the marooned Pilot Moore and his five passeng- CTS.
 First Word Received
 The first word that plane was missing on a flight from Cordova to Juneau was contained in an As sociated Press dispatch from Cor dova to The Empire received here shortly after 5 o'clock Saturday af- ternoon. The dispatch said:
 Three of a fleet of five south bound planes here since last Tues day attempted to get through to Ju- neau today but two returned here after bucking storm and low ceil- ing for four hours.
 "The third plane, piloted by John- ny Moore and carrying five oil well drillers from Iniskin, on Cook Inlet, failed to return up to 3 o. clock this Saturday. afternoon.
 The pilot of one of the planes returning here, said he believed he saw Pilot Moore circling Yakataga beach, 150 miles south of here and it is believed he sat down"
 Fear For Safety Felt
 Fear for the safety of the missing plane and occupants was felt here as gale was reported ever the Gulf of Alaska during the early even ing Saturday and the weather was extremely bad Saturday afternoon.
 Contacts were attempted with all available stations and crafts in an effort to gain some information. Operators at the Juneau Radio sta- ton sent information out to the Coast Guard Cutter Morris, then on the Gulf of Alaska, notifying the vessel that an airplane was missing. At that time the Morris was be- lieved off Malispihs Glacier and not far from Cape Yaktatga. The cail- ing was then low, the sea rough and it was raining and the night was dark at pitch.
 Weather Is Bad
 Weather conditionswere sent out to all points along the Gulf, in- cluding the cutter Morris, that a storm area of marked intensity had developed over the Gulf of Alaska during the past twelve hours, and the lowest barometric pressure Sat- urday night was 2S.60 inches. The storm, however, centered between Kodiak Island and Cordova but easterlyi gales were sweeping over the Gulf from Dixon Entrance northward to Cape Hinchinbrook accompanied by rain, the section in which the missing plane WIS last reported.
 Oldtimers in this section. familiar with the coastline along the Gulf of Alaska, believed that Pilot Moore, unless he had motor trouble, would be able to land along the beach which is said to be perfect land ing field for a wheel plane.