"According to initial reports, the Learjet’s left main landing gear failed upon landing, leading to the collision," the City of Scottsdale was quoted as saying in a statement as reported by ABC.

The flight was reportedly inbound from Austin, Texas.

Scottsdale Airport wrote on X: "An accident has occurred upon arrival to runway 21. Fire Department is on scene assessing the situation. Scottsdale Airports runway is currently closed."

The impact left one person dead.

The injured people, whose condition are said to be critical, were sent to a local trauma centre.

Jet Pros, LLC, which operated the Gulfstream, said no person was present in the parked flight at the time of the crash.

"There were no injuries on board the Gulfstream, but external damages were sustained to the aircraft," the statement said as quoted by ABC.

USA shocked by two aviation horrors

A plane crashed close to a mall in Philadelphia recently left at least seven people dead.

All the passengers in the plane and one person on the ground died in the mishap, media reports said.

Nineteen others were injured in the crash.

In another incident, at least 67 people died after an American Airlines plane collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC on Wednesday.