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 (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... 

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... 

Peach Canyon aircraft crash site Sedona AZ (June 23, 2014)– A missing aircraft crashed in a remote area of the Navajo Indian Reservation in the northeastern section of Coconino County, Arizona. Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and Detectives along with Arizona Department of Public Safety Ranger Helicopter responded to the scene and confirmed two people deceased. The Air Force Rescue... 

Flagstaff AZ (May 28, 2013) – *UPDATE May 29, 2013, at 3:09 p.m. Arizona time, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office advised that the plane crash victims have been identified. The two victims of the Beechcraft model 336 single engine airplane that crashed in the residential neighborhood of Mountainaire were tentatively identified as its owner and pilot 59-year-old Matthew Sullivan Mezger of... 

Sedona Airport mesa Sedona AZ (July 26, 2012) – This morning at approximately 8:24 a.m., Sedona Police and Sedona Fire District personnel responded to a report of a plane crash near the Sedona Airport. Three people are presumed to have been on-board when the airplane attempted lift off only to crash. The plane, a Beech B-60, is registered to a two-time Olympic runner, Patrick Porter, of New... 

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...