MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – A non-commercial aircraft crash resulted in two deaths Monday morning north of Montrose Regional Airport, according to the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office.
MCSO said the plane failed to gain sufficient altitude resulting in it hitting an adobe dirt hill before it skidded across a dirt road and landed on the opposite side of the hill. The aircraft then caught fire.
Two adult men were on the plane at the time, according to the sheriff’s office. The Montrose County Coroner’s Office pronounced them deceased at the time.
The National Transportation Safety Board will arrive in Montrose Tuesday to start its investigation into the cause of the crash, the sheriff’s office said.
The plane is a fixed wing single-engine aircraft manufactured in 2008 and registered to Angry Moose LLC of Fort Myers, Florida. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft’s registration was pending and “may not be suitable for operation.”
Flight logs showed the plane flew Saturday from Delta to Montrose.
The crash didn’t impact Montrose Regional Airport. No road closures are in effect at the moment, according to MCSO.
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