EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
BY ALASKA STATE LAW

 

• Food for each person in the aircraft sufficient to maintain life for two weeks
• One ax or hatchet
• One pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle and ammunition as appropriate. This is for use in food gathering, protection and to attract attention of rescue aircraft or vehicles
• One small gill net and an assortment of tackle such as hooks, flies, lines and sinkers
• One knife
• Two small boxes of matches
• One mosquito headnet for each person
• Two small signaling devices, such as colored smoke bombs, signal mirrors, railroad flares or Very pistol shells stored in sealed metal containers

   

In addition, the following are required for winter travel October through April

One pair snowshoes

One sleeping bag

One woolen blanket for each person

NOTE: You may be asked about your survival gear when filing a flight plan, but the responsibility for having it on board the aircraft is the pilot's.

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