The C-119 that is missing the engine in the photo had an engine out about 15 or so years ago. With a full load of salmon it had to land at Port Lions. It sat for 10 years before the folks that owned it were able to put a new engine (or get the old one overhauled, not 100% sure on that) on it. They went back several times working on it. The people in the small town (village really) came to see the plane as "theirs"--as in the kids played in and around it. Port Lions is a pretty short strip for a C-119 even empty and especially with one radial and the jet that hadn't been in the air in 10 years. Finally they got the plane airworthy again and then found somebody who was type rated in the C-119 (not many of them flying so not many availabe pilots!). The pilot ended up being the same guy who had the engine out in that plane 10 years before!
Anyhow they warned everyone in Port Lions to stay off the runway and off to the sides. On takeoff after they reached the point of no return they lost power on one of the engines. Just then several "kids" (I believe they were teenagers) rode a 4-wheeler on to the end of the runway. A bystander snapped a picture just as it happened. You can see the front wheel of the C-119 just lifting off right at the end of the runway with the mains still firmly planted. The 4-wheeler and kids pass between the prop arc and the side of the fuselage! The pilot managed to get the aircraft in to the air and safely to Kodiak. One of the bystanders called the FAA and complained saying that the pilot had been unsafe in almost hitting that 4-wheeler and kids. FAA interviewed a few people and then wanted to commend the pilot on a good job! Far from upset with the pilot they were upset with the folks that caused the runway incursion! The Anchorage FSDO actually uses that pic in safety meetings to show that runway incursions just aren't other planes!
This website has more about the plane and some nice pics from here in Alaska. It does not mention the runway incursion.
http://www.flyingboxcar.com/Besides planes, 4 wheelers, cars, RV's and people there are a few other things you need to worry about at airports in Alaska: moose, caribou, and bears on the runways. In the '80's a "Scare Air" (SCA, South Central Aviation) Navajo hit a moose at the Soldotna airport (SXQ) and severely damaged the plane. The moose didn't make it.
I also recieved some pics the other day (won't post 'em as I don't have permission) of a pair of cubs. Two guys were out hunting and it looks like one of the guides who hunts the area was upset with them (the guides are hunting on public land so they can't keep other hunters out, but they try to discourage hunters that aren't hunting with them) and he actually "bounced" the landing gear of his plane off of both cubs, severely damaging the wings of both. Bear in mind this is in Bush Alaska, during the fall when it can snow and the temp can plummet unexpectedly--and this guy just damaged these hunter's mode of transportation. Pretty dirty trick if you ask me.
Ah, Alaska...still a bit wild and wooly at times