Sedona AZ – On September 8, 2019, at about 9:55 in the morning hours, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Grand Canyon National Park Airport area for a reported skydiving accident that had injured two males. Upon arrival, deputies found two injured men who had been tandem skydiving. One man appeared to have suffered a broken leg and was transported to Flagstaff Medical... 

Sedona AZ (August 3, 2016) – UPDATE 11:42 a.m.: The victim has been tentatively identified as 76-year-old Homer “Mac” McClure from Mesa, AZ.  The aircraft was a Twin Engine Piper Seneca (1980, PA-34-200T).  The crash site was approximately 5 miles SW of Pulliam Airport in the forest near a residential area. Earlier today: At least one fatality has been confirmed in an aircraft crash... 

Sedona AZ (December 14, 2015) –  On December 13, 2015, at approximately 11:45 in the morning, pilot Charlie Hoye, 62, from Rimrock, Arizona, attempted to land his single engine Lance Air 360 aircraft at the Rimrock Airport, 3400 block of East Airport Drive. While landing, the aircraft struck asphalt with enough force to cause the landing gear to fail, resulting in the plane sliding approximately... 

Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – On Sunday, October 4, at 2:50 in the afternoon, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a plane crash near the Cliff Dwellers Airport in Marble Canyon, Arizona. A resident in the Cliff Dwellers area reported hearing a plane engine then a loud thud. She looked towards the airport and saw dust. A 65 year old man and a 62 year old woman from North... 

Plane crashes with two aboard in Sedona, Arizona Sedona AZ (March 23, 2015) – The initial investigation indicates the F-1 Rocket brand single engine plane lost power on its final approach to the Sedona, Arizona airport with two fliers aboard, Robert Coester, 65, of Gilbert, Arizona, and from Pennsylvania, Charles McCurry, 71, owner and builder of the aircraft. Realizing the plane would be unable... 

Bagdad airplane at rest – Photo courtesy of YCSO reporting deputy Sedona AZ (January 16, 2015) – Just before noon today, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Bagdad, Arizona, airstrip after being notified of a downed airplane. The pilot, Donald Low, 79, a Bagdad resident, was the only occupant. He suffered non-life threatening injuries to his right leg and was... 

Arizona hot air balloon in flight Sedona AZ (April 14, 2014) – This morning, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a hot air balloon accident in an area of Old Cordes, eight miles east of Mayer, Arizona. The call came in around 8:00 in the morning but YCSO deputies were cancelled after the balloon’s crew indicated help was unnecessary. A second call came in soon after 9:00... 

Sedona AZ (October 4, 2013) – At 12:28 PM, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the report of a plane down on the Gunsite firearms training academy property in Paulden, Arizona. Witnesses say the plane clipped some trees and then appeared to explode on impact. YCSO spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn said four persons are believed to have been aboard, and all aboard perished... 

Sedona AZ (September 26, 2013) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a helicopter crash that occurred at approximately 9:29 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2013, near Forest Service Road 171 approximately twelve miles northwest of Flagstaff. Medical personnel from the Ponderosa Fire District also responded to this incident. Emergency first responders found four people in... 

Sedona AZ (July 2, 2012) – Early in the morning of July 1, 2012, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was notified that a helicopter had apparently crashed into the Verde River about six miles south of Camp Verde, Arizona, near Sedona. A DPS Ranger helicopter arrived in the area and confirmed at least two fatalities. A Yavapai County Sheriff’s office ground crew was eventually able...