2023 Nevada air ambulance crash
On February 24, 2023, an air ambulance crashed near the city of Stagecoach, Nevada, United States, killing all five people on board.[1]
 A Pilatus PC-12, similar to the one in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 25, 2023 |
| Summary | Crashed |
| Site | Stagecoach, Nevada, U.S. |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Pilatus PC-12 |
| Operator | Guardian Flight LLC |
| Registration | N273SM |
| Flight origin | Reno–Tahoe International Airport |
| Destination | Salt Lake City International Airportx |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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
- Oxenden, McKenna (February 25, 2023). "Five Killed in Medical Plane Crash in Nevada, Officials Say". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- 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.
- Kim, Juliana (February 25, 2023). "Five people died after an air ambulance crashed in western Nevada". NPR. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- "5 dead, including patient, in medical flight crash in Nevada". Associated Press. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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