At least two people were killed Wednesday when two small planes collided midair in Arizona, marking the second deadly airport crash in the Grand Canyon state in nine days.
There were two people onboard each aircraft – a Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S – when the planes collided around 8:28 a.m. local time at Marana Regional Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Marana Police Department confirmed that two people died.
The victims have not been identified.
At least two people died in an “aircraft collision” at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on Feb. 19, 2025. KNXV via APThe small fixed-wing single-engine planes collided while upwind of Runway 12, according to preliminary information from the National Transportation Safety Board.
“The Cessna landed uneventfully,” the NTSB, the federal agency leading the investigation, told The Post.
“The Lancair impacted terrain near Runway 3 and a post-impact fire ensued.”
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Police at the scene of the Arizona plane crash. KNXV via APPictures shared by KGUN 9 and taken by people nearby showed huge plumes of gray smoke pouring into the sky following the crash.
The airport, just north of Tucson, is an uncontrolled field, which means it does not have an operating air traffic control tower, according to the FAA.
An NTSB investigator en route to the scene is expected to arrive Thursday morning to examine the scene and aircraft. The FAA is also responding and will investigate.
It marks the second fatal incident at an Arizona airport in the past 10 days. On Feb. 10, the pilot of a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil was killed after a runway collision between two aircraft at Scottsdale Airport.
Wednesday’s Arizona collision is the fifth major fatal aviation crash to make headlines in the past month.
An American Airline flight collided with an Army Black Hawk near Reagan National Airport in Virginia on Jan. 29, killing all 67 people onboard both aircraft.
Two days later, a medevac jet crashed in Philadelphia, killing all six people on the flight in addition to a person on the ground.
A small aircraft that initially went missing crashed on sea ice off the western coast of Alaska on Feb. 6, killing a pilot and nine passengers.
Though not fatal, a Delta flight crash-landed and flipped over at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. All 80 passengers and crew aboard were safely evacuated, with 18 hospitalized with minor injuries.
