LONGMONT, CO -- At least one person has been killed after two small
planes crashed north of Denver near Longmont in a possible midair
collision.
Longmont police Cmdr. Tim Lewis said Friday's crashes occurred within
five minutes of each other --and about six miles apart -- but hedidn't
know if the planes had collided. FAA spokesman Mike Fergus says the
crashes were being investigated as a possible midair collision.
One plane went down near a smallairport in the city and the other
crashed about a half-mile from a Walmart southeast of Longmont.
At least one person died in the plane that crashed near Walmart. One
witness said that wreckage looked like a crushed can. A witness who
said he saw that planebefore it crashed told KUSA-TV it was missing a
wing and appeared to be a Cessna 172.
Lewis said the pilot of the plane that crashed near Vance Brand
Airport managed to avoid a nearby road and some onlookers.
"The pilot did an excellent job of clearing the roadway and avoiding
people who were picnicking and watching airport operations," he said.
Passers-by pulled the pilot from the plane, and she was taken to
Longmont United Hospital, Lewis said. The nature and extent of her
injuries weren't known but she was stable, he said.
"I think they probably saved her life," Lewis said.
Firefighters sprayed the wreckage with foam and built a berm aroundit
to contain any fuel that might leak.
The plane clipped four overhead power lines as it crashed and the
wreckage ended up in a neighboring city public works complex.
The engine of the plane was missing. One wing was crumpled and the
tail was bent.
Don Poncelow had just landed at the Longmont airport after a training
flight with an instructor pilot when he saw a plane coming in low.
"I looked up and I could tell she was having trouble. She wasn't out
of control, but she wasn't in control, either," Poncelow
said."Something was just not right. She was having trouble keeping her
wings level."
He said that after the plane clippedthe power lines, it skidded across
aroad and crashed into a fence.
Poncelow said his instructor wadedacross a drainage ditch to get to
the wreckage and help the pilot.
Carissa Muilenburg of Mile High Skydiving Center, located at the
airport, said one of their planes was landing around the time of
thecrash after ferrying sky divers to a drop.
She said the skydiving pilot reported that there was a mayday call
because of the incoming planeand he had to quickly get off the runway
after landing.
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