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synopsisReturn to Query Page On September 2, 1995, at 1216 hours
mountain standard time, a Cessna 421C, N3911C, collided with the
ground about 700 feet west of the runway 07R approach end on the
extended centerline at Deer Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona.
The ground collision followed an in-flight loss of control on
final approach. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot
and his company under 14 CFR Part 91 of the Federal Aviation
Regulations. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the
time and no flight plan was filed for the operation. The
aircraft was destroyed in the collision and postcrash fire
sequence. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant,
sustained fatal injuries. In addition, one person on the ground
was fatally injured. The local area flight originated from the
Deer Valley airport about 1100 hours on the morning of the
accident. The pilot contacted the Deer Valley Airport FAA Air
Traffic Control Tower ( AT