ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236880
Last updated: 5 July 2020
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| Date: | 09-JUN-2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Van's RV-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N173CW |
| C/n / msn: | 95-1736 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Safford Regional Airport (KSAD/SAD), AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tucson International Airport, AZ (KTUS/TUS) |
| Safford Regional Airport, AZ (KSAD/SAD) |
The aircraft impacted hillside terrain while on approach to Safford Regional Airport (KSAD/SAD), Safford, Arizona. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injures.
Sources:
https://www.eacourier.com/news/plane-crash-kills-pilot/article_8a9dafc0-aa9e-11ea-b161-5754ef21337a.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N173CW/history
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000217670.html (photo)
The NTSB is investigating the crash Tuesday of a Vans RV-4 airplane in Safford, Arizona. The NTSB is not traveling to the crash scene at this time.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) June 10, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2020 08:31 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 10-Jun-2020 11:34 | Abieross | Updated [Embed code] |
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