2 dead in twin-engine Cessna crash in Steamboat Springs

Two people were killed when a twin-engine Cessna crashed into the West Acres Mobile Home Park near Steamboat Springs Airport on Monday afternoon.

Officials said two trailers were engulfed in flames and others were damaged by the accident. All residents of the trailer park were rescued, police said in a social media post. The fire also burned down several outbuildings.

On Monday evening, local authorities announced that the pilot and a passenger on the plane had died in the crash. The names of the victims were not initially released.

The plane was believed to have taken off from Longmont and was en route to Ogden, Utah, when it crashed at around 4:23 p.m., the Steamboat Springs Fire Department said. According to the fire department, witnesses reported that the plane appeared to have mechanical problems.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.

This is the third small plane to crash in the state this month. On Sunday, two people were rescued when their plane crashed alongside I-25 near Larkspur. And on June 7, a single-engine Beechcraft 35 Bonanza crashed in a residential area of ​​Arvada, killing one of the four people aboard.