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One killed in Socata TB21 crash near Prescott, Arizona

The accident record lists one person on board, one fatality and the aircraft destroyed; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:32 a.m. ET
One person was killed when a crashed near Prescott, Arizona, at about 2:50 a.m. local time on February 5, 2026, according to the accident record. The record lists one person on board and one fatality, and states the aircraft was destroyed. The investigation is open and this account is developing. The accident record identifies the aircraft as a registered , classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight, and lists the operator as . The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records describe as a single-engine piston landplane with a Lycoming IO-540 series engine, serial number 967, built in 1990 and 36 years old at the time of the crash, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Moorhead Walter F; that is the registered owner of record and not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Registry entries can be out of date. Weather observations recorded at Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field (KPRC), 8.3 miles away and three minutes from the reported time of the accident, showed wind from 230 degrees at 5 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 34°F. Geographic reference data places Prescott in Yavapai County at a terrain elevation of 5,377 feet — that figure is the elevation of the settlement, not of the accident site — 8.3 miles SSW of KPRC. These measurements describe conditions and terrain only and say nothing about what happened. For the type, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 5 other cases involving the , of which 3 involved a fatality. That count is a matter of record and says nothing about the cause of this accident.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N967WM
Type
Socata TB21 — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
LYCOMING IO-540 SER
Built
1990-01-01 (36 years old)
Registered owner
Moorhead Walter FThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
5,377 ft
Nearest aerodrome
8.3 miles SSW of Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field (KPRC/PRC)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 13:32current

    Corrected the geographic reference bearing between Prescott and KPRC (8.3 miles SSW, not north-northeast) and clarified that the 5,377 ft elevation is that of the settlement, not the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 18:32

    First published.

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