Two people have died after a Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II collided midair over Marana Regional Airport, near Tucson in Arizona.  

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that there were two people aboard the Cessna and Lancair aircraft when the crash occurred at around 08.25 on February 19, 2025. 

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) later confirmed that the single-engine planes “collided while upwind of runway 12”.  

“The Cessna landed uneventfully; the Lancair impacted terrain near runway 3 and a post-impact fire ensued,” the NTSB said in a statement. 

According to the Associated Press, the Cessna operator, AeroGuard, said that its two pilots were not injured in the incident.  

Following the midair collision the Marana Police Department attended the crash scene and reported that two people had been “tragically” killed, resulting in the airport’s closure.  

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