Cause of deadly Arizona plane crash revealed, deceased pilot identified

Officials successful Arizona person revealed that a landing cogwheel nonaccomplishment caused the backstage pitchy owned by Vince Neil – the pb vocalist of Mötley Crüe – to rapidly skid disconnected a runway and slam into a parked backstage pitchy connected Monday, sidesplitting its co-pilot. 

Three different radical were injured successful the collision astatine Scottsdale Airport, including a 2nd aviator arsenic good arsenic Neil’s woman Rain Hannah and her friend. A 5th idiosyncratic who was successful the parked pitchy refused aesculapian attention. Neil was not connected the plane.

"According to archetypal reports, the Learjet’s near main landing cogwheel failed upon landing, starring to the collision," the City of Scottsdale said successful a connection connected its website. "Airport operations unit and exigency unit from Scottsdale Fire Station 609 responded to the country wrong 1 infinitesimal of the collision."

A landing cogwheel nonaccomplishment caused the backstage pitchy owned by Vince Neil, the pb vocalist of Mötley Crüe, apical right, to clang into a parked backstage pitchy connected Monday, left. 

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Wheels belonging to the Learjet could beryllium seen astir 100 yards distant from the clang site, per Fox 10 Phoenix.

The deceased aviator was named arsenic 78-year-old Joie Vitosky, the Scottsdale Police Department said. He was certified arsenic a formation technologist since 1978 and a aviator since 2019, according to FAA records.

Vitosky was originally from Okemah, Oklahoma, and joined the Marine Corps successful his aboriginal twenties due to the fact that helium wanted to fly, his ex-wife Ann Vitosky told the Associated Press. He became a Marine Corps aviator and flew helicopters successful Vietnam successful 1969, she said. After spending implicit a decennary with the Marine Corps, helium started flying Learjets.

She said helium died doing what helium loved, and helium would astir apt beryllium blessed to spell the mode helium did. "His passionateness was flying," she said.

The Learjet struck the parked Gulfstream astatine 2:39: p.m. section clip resulting successful 1 fatality.  (Fox 10 Phoenix)

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She said the 2 stock 3 children and 4 grandchildren.

Dramatic video footage shows the Learjet skidding on the tarmac astatine precocious velocity with its chemoreceptor pressed against the factual earlier it careens disconnected the runway and past barrels towards a bigger parked backstage jet, an Israel Aircraft Industries Gulfstream 200.

The out-of-control Learjet past strikes the broadside of the parked Gulfstream with specified unit that the beforehand of the bigger pitchy lifts and moves guardant a mates of feet. 

The incidental took spot astatine 2:39 p.m. section time, the metropolis said. 

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"I americium highly grateful to the archetypal responders and airdrome operations unit connected country contiguous for their swift enactment and service," Scottsdale Aviation Director Gary P. Mascaro said successful a statement. "We connection our deepest condolences to those affected by this tragedy." 

Scottsdale Fire Capt. Dave Folio said a idiosyncratic was trapped successful Neil's pitchy aft the crash, but rescuers were capable to escaped them from the wreckage. The idiosyncratic was transferred to a trauma halfway successful captious condition.

Hannah suffered 5 breached ribs, per TMZ. The 2 passengers besides had dogs connected the level that survived the incident.

The 2 craft were separated by rescue crews aboriginal connected Monday. Images from the country amusement the cockpit country of the Learjet astir wholly caved successful connected its left-hand broadside with a reddish tarp implicit it. 

Eyewitness Gordan Johnson, who has worked for 35 years successful aviation, told Fox 10 that helium saw the beforehand landing cogwheel illness and past watched the pitchy descent disconnected the runway to the left.

A level veered disconnected the runway aft landing astatine Scottsdale Airport connected Monday and crashed into different plane, the Federal Aviation Administration says. (@donniefitz2 via X)

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The level was coming from Austin, Texas erstwhile it crashed. The pitchy is registered to Chromed successful Hollywood, Inc - a Wyoming-based institution – that lists Neil arsenic its director, according to records reviewed by Fox News Digital.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it is investigating the crash.

Scottsdale Airport announced the runway was reopened astatine 10:38 p.m. connected Monday.

Fox News’ Stepheny Price, Lorraine Taylor and The Associated Press contributed to this report.