Fatality at AirSailing

I'm sorry to say there was a fatalality reported on the evening news in
Reno today. The report said a female glider pilot crashed inverted
while attempting to make a second attempt at landing.

At 03:48 20 July 2005, James D'Andrea wrote:
I'm sorry to say there was a fatalality reported on
the evening news in
Reno today.

Unclear sequence of events.

from ABC...

Glider Crash
Pyramid Highway
Staff

Initial reports indicate the woman approached the landing
strip
but ran out of room and attempted to abort the landing.
Witnesses say she made a banking turn to begin another
attempt but the plane inverted and crashed to the ground.
The Federal Aviation Administration has joined the
sheriff's
office in an investigation of the accident.
The name of the victim has not been released.


from NBC...

SPARKS
Glider pilot killed in Palomino Valley crash
July 19, 2005, 03:15 PM

A glider pilot was killed Tuesday afternoon when she
crashed at a private airport north of Sparks.

The crash happened shortly before 1:00 PM off Winnemucca
Ranch Road.

A spokesman with Washoe County Sheriff's Department
says the female pilot was coming in too low for a landing
and crashed after making a bank turn while attempting
to make the necessary adjustments.

Deputy Darrin Rice says they have not identified the
woman and did not know her age or her hometown.

Any update on this would be sincerely appreciated. Email direct if
you'd rather not share information on the ras.

Thanks,

Chris O'C

Please let me know if the identity of the pilot is released. Thanks,

Charles

wrote:
Please let me know if the identity of the pilot is released. Thanks,

Charles

Pilot was identified in another news story, but still sketchy details.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...072010063.html