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One person was killed and at least three others were injured in Scottsdale, Arizona, after a business jet crashed into another plane after it landed on Monday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Learjet 35A — owned by Vince Neil of the band Mötley Crüe — veered off the runway as it arrived at Scottsdale Municipal Airport around 2:45 p.m. It made contact with a Gulfstream 200 business jet that was parked on private property, officials said at a news conference.
An airport spokesperson said that the left main gear of Neil’s jet failed at landing. Two pilots and two passengers were on the plane that departed from Austin, Texas, but Neil wasn’t on board, according to the singer’s spokesperson.
There were five people on board the plane, according to Capt. Dave Folio of the Scottsdale Fire Department. One of passengers was pronounced dead on arrival and three others were transported to a local hospital.
First responders were still working to extricate the remaining victim from the wreckage, Folio said. The National Transportation Safety Board will be taking over the investigation.
The PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open was held over the weekend in Scottsdale. It is typically one of the busiest times of year for the airport.
There are no commercial flights or airline service at the airport, according to its website, but it is home to many of the region’s corporate aircraft.
Kris Van Cleave,
and
Allie Weintraub
contributed to this report.
