Prescott Oct 10 2007 The Daily Courier/Jo. L. Keener Central Yavapai Fire District and Prescott Firefighters work to stabilize the pilot of a single engine aircraft that crashed in northwest Prescott Wednesday morning. The pilot from Show Low, according to witnesses sounded like he ran out of fuel and a sputtering noise was heard prior to the crash.

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On October 10, 2007, at 1014 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172L, N9897G, experienced a loss of engine power and made a forced landing on Williamson Valley Road mile marker 6 near Prescott, Arizona. The pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provision of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot, the sole occupant, received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight departed the Ernest A. Love Field Airport (PRC), Prescott, at an undetermined time.

A responding Yavapai County sheriff's deputy reported that the pilot told him that the engine lost power, and he turned back for the airport. He knew he wasn't going to make the airport, so he made a forced landing on Williamson Valley Road. The airplane struck a fence and flipped over.

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LOSTFLIGHTS > Prescott Oct 10 2007
The Daily Courier/Jo. L. Keener Central Yavapai Fire District and Prescott Firefighters work to stabilize the pilot of a single engine aircraft that crashed in northwest Prescott Wednesday morning. The pilot from Show Low, according to witnesses sounded like he ran out of fuel and a sputtering noise was heard prior to the crash.

Prescott Oct 10 2007
The Daily Courier/Jo. L. Keener Central Yavapai Fire District and Prescott Firefighters work to stabilize the pilot of a single engine aircraft that crashed in northwest Prescott Wednesday morning. The pilot from Show Low, according to witnesses sounded like he ran out of fuel and a sputtering noise was heard prior to the crash.