Plane owned by Motley Crue’s Vince Neil crashes at Scottsdale Airport; 1 dead, 3 hurt

One person died after an airplane crashed into a parked plane after landing at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon, a Scottsdale Fire Department spokesperson said. Three others were injured — two were in critical condition — and taken to metro Phoenix hospitals.

The runway was shut down after the crash that happened around 2:30 p.m. The Scottsdale Fire Department was on the scene with several trucks and had to extricate one person who was trapped in one of the planes. Four people were aboard the Learjet that hit a parked Gulfstream jet, which had one person on board.

Officials said it appears the landing gear failed on the plane, which is owned by Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil, according to a filing with the Wyoming secretary of state. He was not aboard, according to a statement released by a representative for Neil. Two pilots and two passengers were on board, according to the statement. Officials declined to identify those injured or killed.

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Scottsdale fire Capt. Dave Folio said crews from Glendale, Phoenix and Scottsdale responded to the airport. One person refused treatment, he said, but it was not the person who needed extrication. Additional hazmat units inspected the surrounding buildings and cleared them.

Gary Mascaro, aviation director for Scottsdale Airport, offered his thoughts and prayers to the crash victims.

“It’s certainly a tragedy that occurred,” Mascaro said.

Kellie Kuester, an aviation planning and outreach coordinator for Scottsdale Airport, said Neil’s Learjet was arriving from Austin, Texas, and veered off the runway before colliding with a Gulfstream G200 jet that was parked on private property.

“It appears that the left-main gear failed upon landing, resulting in the accident,” Kuester said.

The Gulfstream jet was at the airport since Jan. 31, according to flight records.

Kuester said officials with the National Transportation Safety Board were on scene and would take over the investigation. The runway remains closed and Kuester said the airport would share when it’s expected to reopen as soon as possible.

The last fatal crash at the Scottsdale Airport happened in 2018, when a pilot, student pilot and four passengers were killed after the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.

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