AFAIK small general aviation aircraft such as the Beech A-35 aren't required to carry an ELT. Good that she kept her head and self-rescued.

SAR will find the plane by using her description and backtracking.

Edit: Yeah, ELT's are required. See AOPA link below.


Edited by Russ (07/15/15 03:42 AM)
Edit Reason: add'l info