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Plane Crashes Near Sedona Airport1 min read

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Joseph K Giddens
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A plane crash near Red Rock Crossing on Monday, Nov. 3 shortly after take off however the two occupants were unharmed. Photo courtesy Yavapai County Sheriff's Office

Sedona Fire District and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash of a four-seater, single-engine Cirrus SR22 aircraft N237RJ southwest of the Sedona Airport near the Ridge Trail that went down at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. Sedona First District and Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office crews staged along Chavez Ranch Road.

Joseph K. Giddens/Larson Newspapers
Joseph K. Giddens/Larson Newspapers

The husband and wife in the aircraft were reportedly unharmed and deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System. The plane, based in Poway, California, landed in Sedona on Saturday, Nov. 1, and was headed to Chandler when it went down.

Joseph K Giddens

Joseph K. Giddens grew up in southern Arizona and studied natural resources at the University of Arizona. He later joined the National Park Service in many different roles focusing on geoscience education throughout the West. Drawn to deep time and ancient landscapes he’s worked at: Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Badlands National Park and Saguaro National Park among several other public land sites. Prior to joining Sedona Red Rock News, he worked for several Tucson outlets as well as the Williams-Grand Canyon News and the Navajo-Hopi Observer. He frequently is reading historic issues of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper and daydreaming about rockhounding. Contact him at jgiddens@larsonnewspapers.com or (928) 282-7795 ext. 122.

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