Most engine " failure " in Alaska comes from running out of gas. Dozens of people have died in Alaska because the plane ran out of gas.  We have a " cowboy " pilot problem in Alaska .  I'm not saying that's what happened in this case , but half a dozen times a year in Alaska we read how people died because the pilot messed up.  The simple solution to this problem is to require pilots to carry insurance , just like the car that got them to the airport.  That way people on the ground and innocent passengers who trusted the pilot with their lives are covered when things go wrong.  Thankfully everything turned out ok in this latest incident and no one on the ground got hurt.  A person doesn't have to be a pilot to recognize something is wrong in Alaska aviation .  Too high of a percentage of crashes turn out being pilot error . Too many innocent passengers are dying because of them. The situation needs to be fixed.