8/12/2016 – Plane Crash

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the north end of Pyramid Lake on the report of a plane crash. The pilot was not injured, but was walking and lost. Before teams left the Reno area, Pyramid Lake Rangers located the subject. He was attempting to land his plane on a dirt road near the Needles, when he hit a post next to a cattle guard, damaging his right wing. SAR teams were cancelled.