Aircraft Crashes

For many years, I've been involved in Search & Rescue in Central Colorado. I've always found aircraft searches to be very interesting (I know, I'm weird).   I ended up visiting the B-17 Crash Site in July of 1991, during the search for another missing aircraft, the debris had been spotted but needed to be checked out.   I've visited the site a couple of times to re-mark the wreckage, and to take some historians to the site (they provided the newpaper articles on the two 1940's military crashes).

I've created these pages to compile the information I've gathered on crashes in the area, and provide a place for me to put my notes on the incidents that I participated in. Most of these consist of a map of the area of the crash, and the NTSB summary.

Enjoy!

Click on the date to get to the page for that crash. The location name is a link to the Census map server, and the NTSB report takes you direct to the NTSB report without my comments. (3/08 Sorry - NTSB links are broken they changed their filing system).

November 18, 1943	Near Adams Lake (Flat Tops)	B-26 Bomber	5 Fatalities
October 26, 1948	Near Haystack Gate	B-17 Bomber	Crew of 4 Parachutes to Safety
February 7, 1983	Galena Mountain	Navion	2 Fatal	NTSB Report
February 15, 1983	East of Aspen	Cessna 340	4 Fatal	NTSB Report
March 30, 1983	Sardy Field	STINSON 108-2	1 Minor Injury	NTSB Report
November 13, 1983	Chicago Ridge nr Camp Hale	Cessena 182 Cortez Bird Hunters	4 Fatal	NTSB Report
December 14, 1983	Mt Democrat	USAF Ret. Cessena 182P	3 Fatal	NTSB Report
December 23, 1983	Sardy Field	Cessena 421	1 Minor Injury Landed Short	NTSB Report
July 15, 1984	Near Carbondale	P-51 Acrobatic Manuevers	2 Fatal	NTSB Report
September 17, 1984	Nr Independence Pass	Cessena 172	2 Serious Injuries	NTSB Report
December 8, 1984	South of Meeker	Cessena 210 FBI Agent	1 Fatal	NTSB Report
March 21, 1985	Beaver Creek Ski Area	Piper PA-28	2 Fatal	NTSB Report
March 30, 1985	Sardy Field	Cessna 402	No Injuries	NTSB Report
May 2, 1985	Glenwood Springs Airport	Cessna 150 Basketball Court	1 Serious Injury	NTSB Report
July 12, 1985	Near Aspen	Piper PA-28	1 Fatal, 1 Injuried	NTSB Report
October 6, 1985	Nr Independence Pass	Cessna 177	2 Serious Injuries	NTSB Report
October 11, 1985	White Owl Lake Flat Tops	Cessna 180	4 Fatal	NTSB Report
April 27, 1990	Lonesome Lake	Sweet Adalines	6 Fatal	NTSB Report
February 1, 1998	Near Turquoise Lake	UH-60 Black Hawk	6 Injuried