Sept 14: ground search from Mono Lake to Mammoth Lakes

• Based on previous evening's ELT report

• Ground search by Ian Kluft KO6YQ monitored for ELT from Mono Lake to Mammoth Lakes

• Deep-freeze nights left no hope of finding survivor

• Now after the wreckage was found we know...

• • ELT was destroyed in crash, not transmitting
  • Ridge would have blocked ELT signal if operating
  • At nearest this was 8 miles from crash site