# One killed and three injured after Scottsdale Airport runway crash
*Event date: 2025-02-10*
One person was killed and three others were injured when a Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing at Scottsdale Airport and collided with a parked Gulfstream G200, according to The Arizona Republic. The plane had arrived from Austin, Texas, and the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon.
The report says four people were aboard the Learjet, which was owned by Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil, though Neil himself was not on board. The parked Gulfstream had one person aboard, and officials said the dead and injured were all connected to the crash scene. Three people were hurt, two of them critically, and taken to metro Phoenix hospitals.
Officials said the likely problem appeared to be the left-main landing gear. Aviation planning coordinator Kellie Kuester said it looked as though the gear failed on landing, causing the aircraft to veer into the parked jet. That is not the final federal finding, but it is the strongest explanation in the supplied reporting. The National Transportation Safety Board was on scene and would take over the investigation.
Emergency response was substantial. Scottsdale, Phoenix and Glendale crews all responded, and firefighters had to extricate one person who was trapped in one of the planes. Hazmat units checked surrounding buildings and cleared them, which is a reminder that even an airport crash can create a broader safety perimeter when fuel and wreckage are involved.
The runway was shut down after the collision and remained closed while investigators and responders worked the scene. The report does not identify the dead or injured, which is typical in the first hours after a crash of this kind, but it does make clear that the accident was severe enough to stop airport operations and draw city leaders to the scene.
Aviation accidents on the ground can be deceptively violent because the speed of landing leaves little room for recovery once a mechanical problem appears. In Scottsdale, the chain appears to have been landing, gear failure, runway excursion and impact with a parked aircraft. Federal investigators will have to determine whether that sequence was caused by maintenance, wear, pilot handling or some combination of factors.
The Scottsdale crash also shows how quickly a landing problem can turn into a neighborhood hazard. The parked aircraft, the trapped passenger and the hazmat sweep all widened the scene beyond the runway itself, which is one reason airport incidents usually draw both aviation specialists and first responders. The exact cause may still change as investigators compare maintenance records, pilot reports and wreckage, but the immediate fact pattern is already severe enough to stand on its own.
For airport operators, the immediate pain point is the runway closure, but the longer concern is what the accident says about aircraft maintenance and landing reliability. The supplied report points to a gear failure theory and a high-energy impact with a parked jet, which is enough to show why the investigation matters beyond Scottsdale. Once federal investigators compare the plane’s condition, the pilot’s account and any maintenance history, they will be able to say whether this was a mechanical breakdown, a handling error or both.
