2023 Nevada air ambulance crash
A Pilatus PC-12, similar to the one in the crash
Accident
DateFebruary 25, 2023 (2023-02-25)
SummaryCrashed
SiteStagecoach, Nevada, U.S.
Aircraft
Aircraft typePilatus PC-12
OperatorGuardian Flight LLC
RegistrationN273SM
Flight originReno–Tahoe International Airport
DestinationSalt Lake City International Airportx
Passengers4
Crew1
Fatalities5
Survivors0

On February 24, 2023, an air ambulance crashed near the city of Stagecoach, Nevada, United States, killing all five people on board.[1]

Crash

Around 9:15 p.m. PDT, the Lyon County Dispatch Center received multiple calls of a plane crash in Stagecoach, and the plane went off radar 30 minutes later.[2] The plane, a Pilatus PC-12, was recovered several hours later.[3] Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records show the plane was manufactured in 2002.[4]

Investigation

The Central Lyon Fire Department and Lyon County Sheriff's Department, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and the FAA are coordinating an investigation into the crash.[3] The NTSB sent a seven-member team of investigators to Stagecoach.[4]

References

  1. Oxenden, McKenna (February 25, 2023). "Five Killed in Medical Plane Crash in Nevada, Officials Say". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. Santoro, Peggy; Thornton, Claire (February 25, 2023). "5 people, including patient, killed after medical plane crashes near Stagecoach, Nevada". USA Today. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Kim, Juliana (February 25, 2023). "Five people died after an air ambulance crashed in western Nevada". NPR. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "5 dead, including patient, in medical flight crash in Nevada". Associated Press. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.


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