Guardsmen rescue pilot, dog after plane crash Published July 26, 2004 CAMP DENALI, Alaska (AFPN) -- Pararescuemen from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron rescued a pilot and his dog following a crash July 21 in a steep canyon near Knik Glacier, 40 miles north of Anchorage.The Piper Cub pilot, in his late 60s, encountered a sudden downdraft and crashed his plane in the valley near a river around noon. He reportedly injured his back and dislocated an elbow during the accident.Rescue Coordination Center officials received a report of an emergency locator beacon signal from the vicinity. Subsequently, a search aircraft and crew from the Civil Air Patrol spotted the wing of a yellow J-3 Piper Cub upside down in the canyon just south of the glacierPararescuemen aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter got the call to help.“We were on a routine training mission near Prince William Sound when we got the call to divert to a possible plane down,” said Master Sergeant Paul Barendregt, a pararescuman.Sergeant Barendregt said the downed pilot was “surprised and relieved,” when he and Senior Airman Zach Marchun arrived to pick him up.“He was in good physical condition and had already started setting up his survival stuff, preparing for the worst,” Sergeant Barendregt said. “This was a pretty cut and dry rescue. They aren’t always like that.”The pilot and his dog were flown to a medical center. He later called the pararescuemen to thank them for his rescue.