Very early this morning there was a news report of a light airplane crash
to the north. Two news helicopters went to the scene, where they found the
remains of a Cessna 205 that apparently had crashed after takeoff from a fairly
rough and narrow dirt strip near the Verde River. It was flipped over on it's
back and the tail section was missing. There were no people nearby.
There are no details to be found in the local news, and I don't think
they've found anyone yet who was in the aircraft. My guess is that it crashed
after takeoff and everyone managed to walk away somehow. Here's a news item
that I found just now, but I cannot look at it on dialup:
https://www.azfamily.com/news/people-saved-from-plane-crash-near-horseshoe-lake-in-tonto/article_037997d2-f736-11e9-a95e-2b0cf3baaefe.html
There are a number of marginal (at best) airstrips in the back country out
here, including one (Ranch 51 on Lime Creek) where you have to fly under some
high voltage transmission lines. I have a feeling that most of these are used
by drug runners.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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