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Old December 9th 16, 05:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Winch Launch - Fatal

......hmmmmm, I would say that those missing figures are fairly important in forming a consensus on that. We lost a passenger when a winch went bad in a two-placer a few years back. Pilot (a good one) was seriously injured. And, on the other side, a high-time pilot was killed after a PTT in Arizona http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/0...izona.html?m=1

(Another issue that needs more facts, maybe from the SSF: Are "we" putting passengers at more risk by loading them in the front seat? They are, of course, often the first ones to the scene of an accident.)