Image via WikipediaOn this date in 2001, the Arizona Civil Air Patrol located the wreckage of a Cirrus SR20 single engine aircraft that crashed near Tucson, Arizona, killing the pilot and two passengers from Wisconsin.
Concerned family members reported the aircraft overdue when it failed to arrive as scheduled. Civil Air Patrol initiated a search and personnel located the accident site on April 14, 2001. The burned wreckage was located approximately 150 feet below the crest of a ridgeline in the Whetstone Mountains, at 5,200 feet mean sea level (msl). The accident site was approximately 52 nautical miles southeast of Tucson. Belen is located northeast of Tucson.
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I was the the cadet ground team leader of this search party... Our arrival to the crash scene, the scattered debris, dismembered bodies, and pungent smell is a memory that I won't forget!
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