February 10: Vince Neil’s rearjet involved in a fatal collision
According to a statement from the Nashvilly Based Worrick Robinson IV, the Learjet 35A owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil was killed when one person died when he collided with a parking lot (later identified as a Gulfstream G-200).
Neil was not on board at the time.
His lawyer called it a “quickly evolving situation” under “ongoing investigation,” adding that “Neal’s thoughts and prayers will come to everyone involved, and that I am grateful for the critical help of all first responders today.”
The Learjet was carrying four people, and the FAA later confirmed that the pilot had died, but the co-pilot and one passenger were seriously injured.
For each WMTV 15 news, a preliminary report released by the NTSB on March 3 said that incident surveillance and cell phone video footage showed that the jet’s rear left landing gear was in a “different” position as it approached the runway in Scottsdale.
The report also said that the same flight crew reported the issue of landing in McAlester, Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.
The pilot hired a mechanic who performed the maintenance, and reports were detailed, with additional maintenance being carried out on the plane in December. The mechanic who served the landing gear said “nothing is wrong,” but the landing gear on the left said “we ingested an excess of grease.”
