Overview
- Two single-seat sailplanes collided over Edinburg in Saratoga County, and one aircraft crashed into heavily wooded terrain while the other made an emergency landing at Plateau Sky Ranch Airport.
- Search teams from New York State Police, State Forest Rangers and the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office located debris and the deceased pilot in remote terrain after responding to a report just before 2:30 p.m. on Friday.
- The pilot of the glider that landed was reported uninjured but shaken, and local first responders mounted a sizable search and rescue effort that included helicopters and ground teams.
- The FAA identified the wrecked glider as a Schempp-Hirth Ventus and the aircraft that landed as a Schleicher AS24 and confirmed each aircraft carried only a single pilot.
- The NTSB will lead the formal accident investigation and is expected to issue a preliminary report in the weeks ahead while full findings may take 12 to 24 months, and investigators will review pilot actions and visual-flight operations in gliders.