Authorities are investigating the crash of an experimental, homemade aircraft that left one person dead and another seriously injured about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the aircraft went down at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday near the Gila Bend Municipal Airport with two people aboard.
GILA BEND, Ariz. — An experimental, homemade aircraft crashed about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, killing one person and seriously injuring another, authorities said.
The aircraft went down at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday near the Gila Bend Municipal Airport with two people aboard, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Sheriff’s officials said one person was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was airlifted to a hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries. Authorities did not release the two people’s names.
The aircraft was an Experimental Amateur Built Air Creation Twin aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement Sunday.Phoenix TV station KPHO“You can still buy these in a kit but they are more susceptible to weather patterns and what’s happening and the skill of the pilot might not be anywhere near the same,” Norris said.
NTSB officials were expected to be at the airport Monday and the Federal Aviation Administration was also planning to investigate.
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