Overview
- Authorities confirmed the victims were a 59-year-old pilot from Queen Creek and three female family members ages 21, 21 and 22.
- The MD 369FF went down around 11 a.m. near Telegraph Canyon south of Superior after departing Pegasus Airpark in Queen Creek.
- Preliminary evidence points to a recreational slackline more than one kilometer long strung across the range.
- An eyewitness reported the helicopter hit the line before falling to the bottom of the canyon.
- Remote terrain delayed access as search-and-rescue and investigators reached the site on foot and later confirmed the fatalities.