Victim In Fatal Willcox Plane Crash Identified

On Thursday October 19, 2017 at approximately 9:23 a.m., the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office was advised of a plane crash north of Interstate 10 near mile post 355. The deceased pilot has been identified as 68 year old Michael Peterson with a last known address in Maricopa County.

Sheriff’s Deputies had located the fixed wing, single engine airplane with one deceased occupant. The plane was flying from California to Texas. It had taken off from the Gila Bend Airport.

Mr. Peterson was reportedly on his way to an event in Texas at the time of this incident. The National Transportation Safety Board had a recovery crew remove the aircraft at approx. 4:00 pm on Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Avaition Athority will continue the investigation.

 

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