At least two killed in helicopter crash after Sedona visit1 min read

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the fatal crash.

At least two people from the Phoenix area were reportedly killed when their 1974 Bell UH-1V Iroquois helicopter crashed near Cordes Lakes on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The helicopter had reporedly landed at the Sedona Airport during the Sedona Airport Family Fun Day, but was not apart of the airshow. The “Huey” was at the airport for several hours before the pilot and passenger returned to the Phoenix area.

The aircraft did not refuel at the Sedona Airport, according to airport personnel. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Traffic Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash, which is spread over a 1/2 mile radius.The identities of the victims have not yet been released.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 25, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism, media law and the First Amendment and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."

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