Mission Viejo Glider Pilot Dies in Arizona Ravine
The body of a Mission Viejo man has been recovered from a rugged ravine in northwest Arizona, where he apparently crashed in a sail glider over weekend, authorities said Monday.
Fritz Oskar Seger, 67, was reported missing at 6:30 p.m. Saturday when his companions lost sight of him during a long-distance sailplane flight from Las Vegas to Mesquite, Nev., according to Tonya Dowe, a spokeswoman for the Mojave County Sheriff’s Department.
A rescue helicopter crew located the downed glider late Saturday while searching canyons about nine miles southeast of Littlefield, Ariz., but the terrain delayed efforts to reach the site until Sunday morning, Dowe said.
A rescue team from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas confirmed Sunday that Seger was dead, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety recovered his body and the glider, Dowe said.
A Federal Aviation Administration investigation is underway, Dowe said.
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