AVweb was told the ELT failed to activate, and the Cessna was so badly damaged, searchers were unsure whether they were looking at the wreckage of a plane. Ark. While airline pilots may be pleased with the crackdown, NATA is not, claiming that Part 135 charter carriers are being lumped in with the airlines, and that the costs of compliance could force many out of business. AVweb's Newswire includes the full text of both the FAA's notice of its pending crackdown as well as NATA's press release. Clem Bowman, the 1997 U.S. glider champion, was killed in a crash near the Minden-Tahoe, Nev., airport. Bowman, an air race competitor for more than 10 years, was being towed aloft when the horizontal stabilizer on his Genesis sailplane fell off and the craft plunged about 100 feet to the ground.
Early speculation is that the glider had been improperly assembled before the flight.
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