9/5/23

FOUR PEOPLE WALKED AWAY FROM A PLANE CRASH UNINJURED IN PRESCOTT. 

PRESCOTT REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS AT JUST AFTER 8 A.M. ON SATURDAY OF A SMALL AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD GONE DOWN IN A FIELD SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT REGIONAL AIRPORT. PRESCOTT POLICE REPORT THE PIPER CHEROKEE 140 TOOK OFF FROM MESA’S FALCON FIELD AND STOPPED AT PRESCOTT REGIONAL AIRPORT TO REFUEL ON ITS WAY TO THE GRAND CANYON.  IT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF WHEN IT WENT DOWN IN THE FIELD. 

PERSONNEL FROM THE PRESCOTT POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND FOUND ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS OUT OF THE PLANE AND WALKING AROUND. NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PLANE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT INJURIES AND DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT. 

LATER IN THE DAY, THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SCENE. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.