A small plane flying from Longmont, Colorado, to Utah crashed into a mobile home park Monday afternoon, killing both people on board and igniting a fire, police and fire officials said.
A Cessna 421 that took off from Longmont, just North of Denver, came down after flying less than 100 miles West, as it crashed into the West Acres mobile home park near Steamboat Springs at 4:23 p.m., according to Steamboat Springs Fire Department.
The two people on board the twin-engine plane—the pilot and a passenger—did not survive the crash. Police have yet to release the identities of the victims.
The crashed plane set fire to two mobile homes and several outbuildings, Steamboat Springs police and fire officials said on Facebook.
Fortunately, a few hours after the crash, police confirmed that all residents of the mobile home park had been accounted for ,as the fire department continued to extinguish the flames.
The death of the two crash victims was confirmed later in the evening.
“The Routt County Coroner is notifying next of kin,” the police department posted on Facebook. “Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the deceased.”
The Police Department also asked curious people to avoid the scene.
“West Acres Mobile Park is open to residents only. We ask that people be respectful and stay away from the incident site as the investigation remains underway.”
Less than a mile North of West Acres mobile home park is a small airport, known as Bob Adams Field. It is unclear whether the plane was attempting to make an emergency landing at the single-runway airport. According to the fire department, witnesses reported seeing “aircraft issues.” The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
This is the third plane crash in the Denver area in less than two weeks.
On June 7, a small airplane that departed from Centennial Airport crashed in an Arvada neighborhood, a Denver suburb, killing a mother of three. The three other people on board were taken to hospital.
According to an air traffic recording posted on LiveATC.net, the plane began losing oil pressure and having engine trouble. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing at a nearby airport but instead brought the plane down sooner, attempting to land on a road, where he collided with a truck.
And just Sunday, a small airplane crashed in a field near Larkspur, some 3 miles south of Denver.
The two people on board survived the crash and were taken to hospital.
According to a preliminary investigation, the plane landed on the I-25 but “the plane hit a sign on the interstate, causing the plane to veer off to the east and crash,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office stated.