What the search shows:

What the search shows:

• There is a documented ballooning couple, Dave (or David) Lynch and his wife Kim, from Temecula, California, who participated in the Great Reno Balloon Race in 2005. A news feature profiles them and describes their ballooning lifestyle—but no accident or passing occurred at that time or in related coverage recordcourier.com+2nnbw.com+2kptv.com+2.

• I found no obituary entries in Reno or elsewhere for individuals by those names dying in a car crash.

• No local media outlets—from Reno Gazette-Journal to ballooning association news—report a crash or fatalities under those names.

🧭 Summary

• As of now, there is no evidence supporting the claim that Kim and David Lynch from Reno died in a car accident while ballooning.

• The 2005 feature is the only publicly documented reference to a couple with those names in the ballooning context.

• Without a specific obituary, date, source, or memorial notice, the event described remains unverified.

✅ Suggested Next Steps

If you have additional information—such as a link to the obituary, funeral home mention, or a publication name—I can help verify. Alternatively, checking:

• Local funeral home records or archives around the alleged timeframe,

• The Reno Gazette-Journal or Northern Nevada Weekly past editions,

• Ballooning enthusiast community notices or memorial webpages,

—could clarify whether there’s been a misreporting or confusion of identities.

Let me know if you come across more details—I’d be glad to investigate further.