Joie Vitosky, 78, was certified as a flight engineer since 1978 and a pilot since 2019, according to FAA records.

One of the two pilots aboard the private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil died when the aircraft veered off a runway in Arizona and hit a parked business jet.

The pilot killed when Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil's private plane slammed into another parked jet in Arizona has been identified, authorities said.

The Motley Crue rocker wasn't on board his plane on when it veered off course and collided with a parked jet during landing, but his girlfriend was.

Vitosky, 78, was a Marine veteran who had six decades of experience under his belt and had been flying Neil for years. In an interview with the Arizona Republic, his daughter, Jana Schertzer, credited her father's skill with saving the lives of the rest of the people onboard.

A 78-year-old Marine veteran was identified as the pilot killed when Mötley Crüe singer's private jet crashed into a parked plane at Scottsdale Airport.

Joe Vitosky, 78, was flying Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil's jet from Austin, Texas, to Arizona on Monday when it crashed with a parked Gulfstream Jet. His daughter believes how her father reacted likely saved other people's lives.