Three people are dead and authorities are searching for a fourth person after two single-engine planes collided over Phoenix on Friday.
A pilot reported seeing two small aircrafts collide midair about 15 miles west-northwest of Deer Valley Airport, according to preliminary reports from the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency said it received reports of one of the downed planes at 10 a.m. Friday at mile post 7 on New River Road, north of the Carefree Highway and east of Lake Pleasant.
Phoenix fire crews went to the area and found the two planes. One plane apparently had caught fire and was destroyed. The other craft, a Piper Archer, was mostly intact.
Authorities found three people dead and were looking for fourth person believed to be in the plane.
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SOURCE: AZ Central
