In article 41a81fb1$1@darkstar,
(Mark James Boyd) wrote:

Eric Greenwell wrote:
Mark James Boyd wrote:

In the US, I'm not aware of any ACTUAL midair collisions between a
glider and non-glider that are more than 4 miles from an airport.

About 15 years ago near Ephrata, Washington, there was a glider/airplane
collision about 10 miles from the airport. Everyone was killed. I don't
remember the details, or even if they were determined with any confidence.

Can't find this one in fatals/glider/state of washington on NTSB. Hmmm...
Looked for 1980 to 1999...


I seem to recall one near Truckee 5-10 years ago, but don't remember how
far it was from the airport.

3/31/1998, Grob 102 vs. Aero Commander 690, vicinity of the airport,
all uninjured

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA


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Mark J. Boyd


I believe the accident Eric is referring to occurred in 1978 between a
Piper PA-32R (Lance or Saratoga, I forget which) and my partner flying
our LS1-f. 5 people were killed, no surviviors.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=39335&key=0

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=39336&key=0

Amazing how long ago this accident happened.

Carl J. Niedermeyer
Washington State
USA