3 Killed in Colorado Midair Collision Identified
DENVER—Three people killed after two planes collided near Denver were identified Monday as the investigation into what went wrong continued.
The victims from Saturday’s crash of a Cessna 172 and a Sonex Xenos—a light, homebuilt aircraft—were Daniel Wilmoth, 22, Samuel Fisher, 23, and Henry Butler, 69, the Boulder County coroner’s office said. The coroner’s office did not say which men were on which plane, but the Xenos was registered to Butler according to Federal Aviation Administration records.
The Colorado Sun reported the Cessna was registered to the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. The school has a campus at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, about 18 miles northwest of Denver, which is where the Cessna took off from Saturday, with a flight instructor and a student pilot on board, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. It is investigating the crash along with the FAA….