Accidents
Business Aircraft Accident Reports: April 2026
Preliminary and final accident reports, April 2026
rural runway

Preliminary Reports

Four Killed in Slackline Collision

MD Helicopters 369FF, Jan. 2, 2026, Superior, Arizona

All four occupants died after the helicopter struck an uncharted slackline about 600 feet above a valley floor. The main line and the backup line that secured the walkers’ safety harnesses were suspended between anchor points three-quarters of a mile apart; above them was a visualization line marked by five windsocks and “about ten” LED lights. The line had initially been erected one week earlier but taken down on December 30 in anticipation of high winds and rain. The slackliners were raising it again on the morning of the accident when one of them saw the helicopter fly past “at about eye level” toward the lines.