On duty snowstorm kills off duty pilot..

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Colorado Snowstorm Blamed for Plane Crash

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press Writer

Now bad weather is to blame...

DENVER (AP) -- A winter storm that brought up to three feet of snow to parts of Colorado's high country was blamed for a fatal plane crash and an avalanche that temporarily shut down Vail Pass.

A twin-engine plane trying to land in heavy snow crashed Saturday less than a quarter-mile from the runway at Cortez-Montezuma County Airport in southwestern Colorado, said Lt. William Conner of the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office. The pilot, the only person on board, was killed.

Two witnesses told the Cortez Journal the plane appeared to have snow on its wings when it rocked back and forth, rolled and then nosedived to the ground.

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

Holy mackrel! Someone was flying in that? I was nearly blocked in by avalanches, and they had been blasting slides for three days when I got out to come home and go to, <sigh> work.

We were trying to keep three miles of road open, and it was more than me and a tractor, and another guy with a real (not some new flash in the pan) snowplow truck could handle.

Awesome!

Dan