Accidents
Preliminary Report: Cheyanne and 172 in Midair
PIPER PA-31T AND CESSNA 172P, DENVER, COLO., JAN.

PIPER PA-31T AND CESSNA 172P, DENVER, COLO., JAN. 24, 2003–Piper N360LL–registered to and operated by Lee Larson Aircraft Sales of Northglenn, Colo.–collided with a Cessna N52241 (registered to and operated by EDB Air of Englewood, Colo.) over Denver at approximately 5:22 p.m. MST.

The private pilot and both passengers aboard the Cessna and the two commercial pilots aboard the Piper were killed. Denver police reported six people on the ground, including a 15-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl, received minor injuries from falling debris. Conditions in the area of the accident were VFR, and neither airplane was on a flight plan.

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