o injuries were reported after two planes collided midair over Cherry Creek State Park on Wednesday morning, South Metro Fire Rescue said.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said a Cirrus SR-22 with two occupants and a Swearingen Metroliner SA226TC with one occupant collided about four miles north of Centennial Airport about 10:25 a.m.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it appears the collision happened as both planes were in the process of landing.
The pilot of the Cirrus deployed the plane’s parachute and crashed in the park near East Belleview Avenue and South Peoria Street.
There were no fires or fuel spills, the Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office said, and both people onboard walked away from the crash without suffering any injuries.
Two small planes collided above Cherry Creek State Park in Aurora, Colorado
Nobody was killed and no injuries were reported from either plane or the ground
The collision happened at 10:25am just four miles north of Centennial Airport
A single-engine Cirrus SR22 owned by Independence Aviation crash-landed south of the Cherry Creek Reservoir, with its parachutes deployed
A Swearingen Metroliner SA226TC cargo plane that was being operated by Key Lime Air managed to land at Centennial Airport
There was a huge hole seen in the cabin of the cargo plane, right before the tail of the aircraft
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Body found in Cherry Creek Reservoir spillway on Tuesday, sheriff s office says
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Authorities worked to remove a body from the Cherry Creek Reservoir spillway on Tuesday, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office.
The sheriff s office said deputies are investigating after a body was found in the Cherry Creek Reservoir spillway near Interstate 225 and the Kennedy Golf Course, just south of Parker Road.
Deputies investigating a body found in Cherry Creek Spillway near I-225 and Parker Rd. @SouthMetroPIO is assisting w/removing the body from deep water. Still trying to determine whether it s a criminal act or suicide. No threat to public safety. PIO en route. Arapahoe Sheriff (@ArapahoeSO) May 11, 2021