On Nov 8, 6:10 pm, Ramy wrote:
On Oct 28, 7:15 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:

Colorado soaring pilotStewartKissell perished Friday in the crash of
his Ventus on Methodist Mountain after towing out of Salida,
Colorado. A search involving 11 CAP aircraft and other local pilots
was started at 7am Saturday morning after he failed to return from the
Friday flight. The wreckage was spotted about 7:30pm Saturday and
searchers reached the rugged, remote site about three hours later.

Stewartwas son of Emil Kissell, a long time California soaring
pilot. He was an occasional contributor to RAS and frequently
corresponded with me on SSA, soaring safety, and other flight topics
and was moderator of the high country Chaffee (County) Soaring Yahoo
Group.

Frank Whiteley
SSA Governor, Colorado

Are there any conclusions or substantial speculations of what may have
happened?
I understand a flight recorder was on board. Did the data survived?
Knowing Stu, he would have want us to discuss his accident and not
wait for an NTSB report which may not tell us anything.http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?e...30X01689&key=1

Ramy

The flight recorder was recovered, but it's unknown if any data
survived at this point.

Frank