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Robert Cooper
24th Nov 2011, 02:28
A plane crashed in Arizona's Superstition Mountains, according to ABC News Phoenix affiliate KNXV, citing witnesses and local authorities -- but officials told ABC News that passenger flights at major local airports all were accounted for.

Initial indications were that it was a general aviation plane, not a commercial flight -- but it was not clear how big a plane may have crashed or how many people may have been involved.

Officials were having difficulty getting access to the crash site in rugged terrain, The Associated Press reported.

Flyingmac
24th Nov 2011, 07:07
Date:23-NOV-2011Time:18:30am LTType:Rockwell Commander 690A (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=AC90)Operator:Ponderosa Aviation Inc.Registration:N690SMC/n / msn:11337Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6Other fatalities:0Airplane damage:Written off (damaged beyond repair)Location:Apache Junction, Pinal County, AZ - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif United States of America (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?Country=N) Phase:Initial climbNature:PrivateDeparture airport:Falcon Field Airport - KFFZDestination airport:Safford Regional Airport - KSADNarrative:
A Rockwell Commander 690A aircraft crashed and burst into flames in rugged terraine near Apache Junction tonight about 18:30 local time, shortly after takeoff from Falcon Field Airport - KFFZ, AZ.

All six occupants were killed.

ASN Aircraft accident 23-NOV-2011 Rockwell Commander 690A N690SM (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=140030)