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Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs A small plane veered off the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday afternoon and struck a parked jet, killing one person and injuring three others.The Learjet 35A veered off the runway at about 2:45 p.m. local time after part of its landing gear failed, causing it to crash into a larger Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked nearby, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and local officials. The Learjet belonged to Vince Neil, the Mötley Crüe singer, who was not on board, his lawyer Worrick Robinson IV said in a statement.The Learjet had taken off from Austin, Tex. Its left main gear failed as it landed, said Kelli Kuester, the aviation planning and outreach coordinator for Scottsdale Airport.One person was dead at the scene, two others were taken to local trauma centers in critical condition and another was taken to a hospital in stable condition, Capt. Dave Folio of the Scottsdale Fire Department said at a news conference. One person refused treatment.All flights were paused and runways were shut down. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the episode.Officials would not immediately release the names of the five people involved in the accident or say which plane they had been on. Mr. Robinson, the spokesman for Mr. Neil, said that two pilots and two passengers had been on board the plane. “More specific details regarding the collision are not available as this is a rapidly evolving situation,” Mr. Robinson said.This collision came after a series of aviation disasters across the country in recent weeks.In late January, a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet collided outside Washington, killing all 67 people on board those aircraft. Seven people were killed after a plane crashed near a shopping center in Philadelphia on Jan. 31. Ten people were killed in another plane crash in Alaska last Thursday on its way to Nome, Alaska.Sheelagh McNeill contributed research.

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