LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. – Two people died after they were pulled from a plane that crashed into Culver Reservoir southwest of Berthoud Monday morning.
The Berthoud Fire Protection District confirmed to Denver7 that two people were pulled from the crash and taken to a nearby hospital. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the two people, both men, died at the hospital.
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office says the plane crashed into the reservoir around 7:45 a.m.
Divers with the sheriff’s office entered the water just after 8 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
But both men had been in the water for 50 minutes, the sheriff’s office said, and were declared dead at the hospital. Their identities have not been released.
Allen Kenitzer, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Communications, tells Denver7 the plane was a Cessna 172 and confirmed that two people were aboard the plane when it crashed.
The plane was removed from the reservoir just before 3 p.m.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. Berthoud Fire and the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.
The FAA also confirmed the plane's tail number to Denver7. The plane is registered to McAir Aviation LLC, based in Broomfield.
Some now refer to Culver Reservoir as Blue Mountain Reservoir.
Anyone with information on the crash or who witnessed it is asked to call LCSO Investigator Drew Weber at 970-498-5172.
Date:
27-FEB-2017
Time: 07:45 a.m.
Type:
Cessna 172S Skyhawk
Owner/operator: McAir Aviation LLC
Registration: N2461N
C/n / msn: 172S10043
Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Substantial
Location: Culver Reservoir, Larimer County SW of Berthoud, Colorado -
United States of America Phase: En route
Nature: Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The plane crashed into the reservoir under unknown circumstances. Both occupants survived the crash, but later succumbed to the injuries received.
Sources:
www.denverpost.com
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/plane-crashes-into-culver-reservoir-in-larimer-county-2-people-extricated
http://www.9news.com/news/local/faa-plane-crashes-into-culver-reservoir/415443754
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N2461N
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000114491.html
