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Emergency workers and Douglas County Sheriff's deputies work the scene of an experimental motorized glider that crashed killing the pilot off Stephanie Way on Saturday.
A single-seat motorized glider based out of the Minden-Tahoe Airport crashed Sunday afternoon at about 12:45 p.m. killing the pilot. The broken craft was found in the Kirman Field area, between Stephanie Way and Sundridge east of the Carson River.
The plane apparently began to disintegrate while in the air. Part of a wing was found at Northern Nevada Correctional Center grounds, a couple miles to the north, according to police.
A search plane circled above scanning for other pieces of the wreckage.
"We started receiving calls from a number of people saying they had seen an airplane going down in the general area," said Sergeant Dan Britton of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.
"An eyewitness said he heard an airplane engine revving high and then heard a loud popping noise, like a gun shot, and then he saw the plane fall apart," said Britton.
Members of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were on their way to begin the investigation into what went wrong, authorities said.
The name of the pilot has not been released pending notification of family.
Contact reporter Peter Thompson at pthompson@nevadaappeal.com or 881-1215.
The plane apparently began to disintegrate while in the air. Part of a wing was found at Northern Nevada Correctional Center grounds, a couple miles to the north, according to police.
A search plane circled above scanning for other pieces of the wreckage.
"We started receiving calls from a number of people saying they had seen an airplane going down in the general area," said Sergeant Dan Britton of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.
"An eyewitness said he heard an airplane engine revving high and then heard a loud popping noise, like a gun shot, and then he saw the plane fall apart," said Britton.
Members of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were on their way to begin the investigation into what went wrong, authorities said.
The name of the pilot has not been released pending notification of family.
Contact reporter Peter Thompson at pthompson@nevadaappeal.com or 881-1215.
