Authorities identify 2 killed in hang glider crash at Kaena Point
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / NOV. 5
The scene of the fatal motorized hang glider crash at Kaena Point State Park on Oahu’s North Shore.
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the two people killed in Saturday’s motorized hang glider crash on Oahu’s North Shore as 58-year-old Marc S. Hill of Waialua and 17-year-old AJ Lazear of Texas.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a single-engine EDGE XT-912-L crashed “under unknown circumstances” at Kaena Point State Park at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to aircraft records, the weight-shift-control light sport aircraft made by Airborne Windsports was built in 2016.
The aircraft operated by Paradise Air Hang Gliding was on an instructional flight at the time of the crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Paradise Air Hang Gliding, at Dillingham Airfield, had said in a statement Saturday that an instructor and student died in the crash. The company said the instructor was “highly experienced” and “had a perfect safety record” with Paradise Air.
The FAA and the NTSB will investigate the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to release a preliminary report in two to three weeks. The investigation is expected to be completed in 12 to 24 months.
