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Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokesman Elias Johnson confirmed a plane went down in the mountain range and caused a small fire.

Johnson said the size of the plane and number of people involved is...
Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_so ... z1eaKUmIg1

- Doesn't look like anyone survived the crash
- Small twin-engine plane Rockwell Aero Commander 690 turboprop
- departed from Mesa's Falcon Field when it crashed
- Authorities started getting calls reporting an explosion at about 6:30 p.m.
- unclear how many passengers were aboard the plane or who owned the aircraft
- 24-inch tires found at the crash site
- witnesses told tv stations they heard a plane trying to rev its engines to climb higher before apparently hitting the mountains
- elevation is about 5,000 feet at the Superstition Mountains' highest point

Map: Map approximate location of Rockwell AC69 plane crash Superstition Mountains - Lost Dutchman State Park - Siphon Draw - Flatiron

BEEBEE: I'm not a pilot, but your posts have been very informative and easy to understand. (As was the NTSB prelim someone posted earlier ...)

Thanks I have been a Commericial pilot and a flight instructor for a few years now and it pisses me off when I hear talking heads on the tv talk for the sake of talking and having no idea what that are talking about.

@BEEBEE

It's unfortunate as it's no big deal to get clearance from KPHX especially that far out. Back in my CFI (helicopter)days I sometimes had to circle the Bank of America building a few times during the day to get routed at that time through sharp delta and later echo to transition for example to Goodyear or Glendale from Falcon field. But on the rare occasion when we wanted to climb up east to demonstrate settling with power or let a student practice autorotational glides and rpm control a simple call usually got you advisories of traffic in the area and permission to utilize the Bravo airspace. At night transitioning or even flying into Sky Harbor especially after 2000 or 2100 I swear it sounds like your waking up the tower.

I am adding on my commericial rotocraft as we speak just preping for the test now

Impact site before and after photos.

http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=124778

http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=224501

"...A permanent plaque will be placed up there Saturday morning."


Read more: http://www.kfyi.com/cc-common/news/sect ... z2D44r8bAl

I thought there already was one. Someone posted a photoset recently showing a pretty legit looking plaque. It sounds like its not actually going to be at the crash site-- I wonder where then. I'm betting it won't be up top. It'll be somewhere easier to access.

Updated NTSB report:

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief ... 5300&key=1

@Dave1
Very interesting read. Thank you for posting that.