Another Mid-Air Collision - Arizona (2 Viewers)

[DJ1BigTymer]

At least two people are dead after two small aircraft collided in midair at an Arizona airport Wednesday, authorities said.

A Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II collided at 8:28 a.m. near the Marana Regional Airport, just northwest of Tucson, according to preliminary information from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The fixed-wing single-engine planes “collided while upwind of runway 12,” one of two runways at the airport. The Cessna landed “uneventfully” and the Lancair impacted terrain near the other runway and “a post-impact fire ensured,” the NTSB said.

The Marana Police Department is at the airport and confirmed at least two deaths from the incident.

The Federal Aviation Administration called the airport an “uncontrolled field,” which does not have an operating air traffic control tower. Pilots often will use a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency to announce their position to other pilots who are in the airport vicinity. Pilots operating in uncontrolled fields are still required to comply with all federal aviation regulations.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/us/arizona-plane-crash-marana/index.html

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

At this rate, we may need to get a merged-sticky thread going to keep up.

 

[kcirdor]

So has this always happened and we never heard about it and this is this just the new click bait trend? Or is this really an uptick in actual crashes?

Now mass shootings happen once a week and we rarely hear about it. The latest click bait is the asteroid with a 1 and 50 chance to hit earth in 7 years gets 20 articles a day.

 

[superchuck500]

Sad - also had to be terrifying.

So has this always happened and we never heard about it and this is this just the new click bait trend? Or is this really an uptick in actual crashes?

Now mass shootings happen once a week and we rarely hear about it. The latest click bait is the asteroid with a 1 and 50 chance to hit earth in 7 years gets 20 articles a day.

For context, there were five mid-air collisions in private aviation in 2022, and four in 2021 (the 2023 data is still preliminary). In 2018, there were 12. For overall crashes in private aviation that aren't collisions, the number is much higher.

Richard G. McSpadden Report Figure View

 

[kcirdor]

Sad - also had to be terrifying.

For context, there were five mid-air collisions in private aviation in 2022, and four in 2021 (the 2023 data is still preliminary). In 2018, there were 12.

Richard G. McSpadden Report Figure View

That's the info i needed thanks.