Posted on 02/19/2025 12:01:14 PM PST by Red Badger
The crash happened Wednesday at the Marana Regional Airport in Marana.
At least two people have died after two small single-engine planes collided midair Wednesday morning at an Arizona airport, officials said.
A Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S collided at the Marana Regional Airport just before 8:30 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The airport is an uncontrolled field, meaning it does not have an operating air traffic control tower. It is located about 21 miles northwest of Tucson.
The Marana Police Department said in a Facebook post that it was on scene. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation.
Both aircraft had two passengers each. Further details were not immediately released.
When an airport has an uncontrolled field pilots utilize a common traffic advisory frequency to regularly announce their position to other pilots who are in the airport vicinity. The pilot-in-command is responsible for maintaining safe separation from other aircraft.
Pilots must still comply with all federal aviation regulations, including minimum visibilities, minimum safe altitudes, and right-of-way rules.
The collision follows several other aircraft crashes including a fiery crash-landing at a Toronto airport, a fatal air ambulance crash in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, and the midair collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial airplane. In that incident, all 67 passengers in both aircraft were killed, making it the deadliest U.S. air crash in almost a quarter century.
Exactly!
Let me guess, Trump was flying both aircraft and was also the Air Traffic Controller.
Or railroads ... choose a line and follow it. :D
Pilots must still comply with all federal aviation regulations, including minimum visibilities, minimum safe altitudes, and right-of-way rules.
Just when you believe you know it all crash ensues.
What does that tell us!
or Air Tractors flying into and out of class G airspace and not using a radio at all.
They are larger and faster so get out of their way!!!
That seems to be their attitude more often than not.
It’s actually a huge field 10,0000+. Evergreen stores some big ass stuff like 747s out there. There is a hanger full of flyable WWII fight planes there. The Evergreen guys toys. I agree it was probably the high wing low wing problem.
You might be thinking of Pinal Air Park, which is nine or ten miles NW of Marana Regional Airport. I live in the area and drive past the Marana airport fairly often.
Yes I am thinking of Pinal Air Park. Thanks for the correction.
...indeed....! I have a lot of flying hours in 172s and have loved every minute...great aircraft...again, the high-wing and low-wing situation....not knowing any of the details, may have been the low-wing A/C descending on the high-wing 172....again, speculation only on my part...but it has happened before....one is available for view on YouTube.....
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