what happened at Hyner??

[Richard Hays]

Heard thru the grapevine that there was a fatality in the lz. Does anybody have details to share? Not being morbid but its always been a sobering learning tool to talk about these tragic events.

Richard Hays

[XCanytime]

Jesse Fulkersin was killed when he attempted to land in the LZ between 2:30 and 3P Sunday. He impacted a tree and fell 30 to 35 feet to the ground. The EMTs arrived around 15 minutes after the accident but he had already expired. I am still in shock. Bacil

[brianvh]

Some eyewitnesses said Jesse was hit by a thermal and over corrected; others said he was trying to lose altitude while at tree level. We may never know.

I sent out a message to the Hyner email list and message board. From there I couldn't bear to continue, but that is sufficient for the word to get passed around in widening circles. He was a wonderful presence and greatly missed.

Brian.