From today's FAA prelims...

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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 186P Make/Model: EXP Description: AVIA STROITEL AC-5M GLIDER
Date: 05/19/2012 Time: 2253

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
City: KINGSTON State: NV Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A FIELD, THE 1 PERSON ON
BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, NEAR KINGSTON, NV

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

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FAA registry matches ship type shown above. FAA registration surname *close*
(not exact) to a name in the SSA database (which difference may easily be a typo).

My thoughts and prayers for family and friends affected...

Bob W.

P.S. The Mifflin accident is also in Monday's prelims, but as some of its
details are already well known in the RAS world, and, the FAA prelims contain
no new info, no need to re-plow ground.