April 22, 2014 at 9:56am
Nearly 52 years after an Air Force fighter jet crashed in the Olympics and killed the pilot, two Seattle outdoorsmen are going to search this spring for the wreckage that has never been found.
Tomasz Biernacki and Phil Anderson have researched the crash and believe they have come up with some new evidence.
"We hope that our fresh approach and research will help locate the wreck site," Biernacki said. "After reviewing the crash and news reports from that time, we think the military may have been misled in their initial search."
On Nov. 10, 1962, Capt. Robert Lucas was flying a F-102 fighter interceptor on a routine training mission when his plane crashed somewhere between Lake Cushman and Lake Quinault. Hunters said they heard an explosion near the Wynooche watershed on the same day.
Multiple searches never found the plane or the pilot. Lucas is believed to have ejected from his plane before it crashed.
>>> Capt. Robert Lucas
"We have some evidence that has lead us to explore a few possible new locations for the jet crash," Biernacki said.
Biernacki and Anderson have been waiting for the snow to melt before they begin their search for the wreckage in the OlympicMountains.
The two outdoorsmen will film their search and it will be part of their adventure documentary series exploring the Olympic Peninsula, My Olympics.
The adventure documentary will include an episode on Anderson, who is nicknamed "Cougar Phil." Anderson, following the advice of a local Indian, will spend five days in the wilderness, living off the land in an attempt to experience what Indians called "Vision Quest." He'll only have knife and a survival kit.
Another of the six planned episodes Biernacki and Anderson will be shooting will be on cougars.
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