No, he's not an experienced hiker, was alone, and was not equipped for rough terrain. He came down the powerline road from the Turkey Butte side in his Suzuki Samurai until he reached the gap (by the TH), then parked and walked out as far as he could on the east edge of Buck Ridge. You're correct, t...

We're still looking for that Cessna 182 that went missing SW of Sedona last fall with my niece onboard (details at http://www.n2700q.com). Now that the snows are gone -- and folks are hiking again -- I'm hoping something will break. Last month I came down from Seattle and took three flights out of S...

Yeah, eerie is right. Wreckchaser is talking about checking it out. Small planes are fine if you use procedures appropriate to the terrain, altitude, and weather. It's all about judgment. As a pilot myself, with an instrument rating, I would not do some of the things I've heard N2700Q's pilot was fo...

FYI, the debris is west of the Black Mtn quarry and not part of that trash.
For a full size image of it go to:
http://www.n2700q.com/googleearth/pix/Debris.JPG

The debris is farther west of the quarry -- after the road/trail gives out -- and below the rim. Looking down (i.e., from Google Earth) the area looks like a bird's head sticking out from the NW corner of Black Mtn, overlooking Sycamore Pass. I'll have to PM you a reduced (800x600) photo of the debr...

Absolutely, we are still looking and will continue to do so for as long as it takes to bring Marcy home to her folks. We recently got an aerial photograph of what might be wreckage down in some trees in very rugged terrain. There are no known previous wrecks in this location and Civil Air Patrol did...

Yah, interesting bunch, those geocachers. I've been mining their data since the first week of the search. If you check our Google Earth searchmap (http://www.n2700q.com/googleearth -- grab the "MARSI" file) you'll see it's littered with remote geocache plots. Their GPS coords and photos ar...

In response to Vaporman's reply: Very cool. I hadn't seen those (T.Head coords) yet. That will be very useful. If there are any HAZ folks reading this who are Google Earth savvy (the applet is free), they can help by plotting their path and/or waypoints, along with the date (or ref/link to the info...

In response to Vaporman's reply: Thanks Vaporman... After I posted that, I checked this site and found photos from a Clear Creek hike taken the SAME DAY the plane vanished! I sent a message asking if he saw anything; seems like a plane buzzing the canyon would have gotten his attention. Which bring...

Help! My niece disappeared in a small plane 9M SW of Sedona, while on a sightseeing trip on 9/24/06. Intensive air-searches have yielded no sign of the plane or its two occupants. Now we are trying to eliminate as many areas as possible. You can help by sending us details of hikes you've taken in t...

Most small planes that are lost in remote areas are found in thick wooded sections that are off from trails or roads and at times not all that far.... The sad truth is that these planes can stay missing for many years. A plane of similar size went down this year on a little mountain near my home in...

[quote="Vaporman"]...I'm suprised I'm just now hearing about this. October and November would have been great months to go exploring up there. Actually I spent a whole weekend in October just hiking around up in Sedona...quote] That IS a shame. I thought we'd covered HikeAz early on in the...

In response to jjr6's reply: Absolutely, jjr6. Thanks for the added info on those areas. As I run sims -- moving north from the LKP at 5,00 feet or so (lower than I would as a "conservative" pilot) the entrances to Mooney, Loy, and even Hart Well Canyons all seem like they'd be intriguing...

In response to Vaporman's reply: Negative on the N2700Q.com forums. We've had no recent activity there, and so have been dealing directly with people who contact us through the site. (to access the forum: LOGIN: "verde" / PASSWORD: "sez") The response we're getting on this forum...

34° 48' 7" N 111° 56' 52" W Heading approx. due north. Altitude 5,200' Descending at 500 feet per minute (normal controlled descent rate, but could not have maintained this for more than a couple minutes before leveling out because of terrain altitude at that point). I've run sims from his...

I am assisting in the search for my niece, Marcy Randolph, who disappeared in a small plane over n.central Arizona (near Sedona) on 9/24/06. Hoping to find/direct hikers willing to go into search areas where visibilty from air is hampered by treecover & terrain (like upper Sycamore Canyon, Volun...