SILVERTON, Colo.—Federal investigators say a rapid change in weather over Silverton likely contributed to the crash of a small passenger plane in December 2011 that killed four Durango residents.
The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot pleaded for help from an air-traffic controller moments before the plane disappeared from radar and contact was lost.
According to the Durango Herald ( ), the pilot was not rated to fly a plane using only instruments for navigation.
Steve Osborne and his three passengers were killed. The passengers were Steve Osborne’s wife, Jan Measles Osborne, Tyler Black, and Gena Rych. They were en route from Durango to Aspen to attend a party for Alpine Bank.
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Information from: Durango Herald,
