On Thursday October 21, 2021 CRFD 2nd Shift crews responded to Jim Hamilton – LB Owens Airport after a glider aircraft went down at the airfield.
Units responded shortly after 11:30 a.m. One person was onboard the glider as it was a single seat aircraft. The crash happened as the glider was coming in for a landing at the airfield.
Firefighters assisted EMS in preparing the patient for transport to the hospital.
The patient was taken from the scene by EMS and the crash scene has been turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration.
