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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:52, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 Longmont mid-air collision (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Article fails WP:NOTNEWS, WP:RUNOFTHEMILL and WP:LASTING. Midair collisions between light aircraft are tragic, but quite common events, both globally and in the US in particular, see this ref and this ref, too for recent American statistics. In this case the sole cited ref used in the article shows that it is highly unlikely there will be any lasting consequences beyond the deaths of the participants: no airworthiness directives, no changes in ATC procedures or other changes and no notable people killed (notable people are those with an existing biography article already on Wikipedia). Midair collisions between light aircraft are just not notable, just as most car accidents are not notable. Ahunt (talk) 00:05, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Aviation, and Colorado. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:11, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: Notification of the existence of this AfD has been made at WikiProject Aviation and WikiProject Aircraft, within whose scope this article falls. - Ahunt (talk) 13:41, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Per nom. BilCat (talk) 00:52, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete not notable. Unless there's a systematic breakdown, like ATC turned them into each other or the like, it's just an unfortunate but non-notable accident no different to the thousands of fatal car accidents every day. Canterbury Tail talk 00:58, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete – Run-of-the-mill collision between light aircraft. This kind of events happen on average four or five times a year in the US alone, if I remember correctly, which is tragic but not encyclopedically notable. --Deeday-UK (talk) 09:01, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Actually the ref I noted above tabulated 43 mid-air collisions in the US over a five year period, which is an average of 8.6 per year. So yes, a fairly common event. - Ahunt (talk) 13:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Run of the mill and nothing particularly outstanding compared to other events of this sort to warrant an article. KoA (talk) 17:22, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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