Midair C172 & sonex xenos

[WaiexN143NM]

Hi all,
Sad to see this. Mid air in boulder co. story on cnn. more to come.

near longmont co. boulder county. vance brand airport.
3 fatal. 2 in C172. 1 in xenos.

be safe out there.


WaiexN143NM
Michael.

[GraemeSmith]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/17/us/c ... crash-dead

[WaiexN143NM]

hi all,
update:

N2117Y C172. regist. to spartan school of aeronautics.
N255BF Xenos. orig builder. Bruce Fritz
regist now to henry butler.
3 fatals. names witheld till family notified.

added: cpr colorado public radio. http://www.cpr.org. claiming 4 fatals.
tragic.

cpr has corrected their story sunday to 3 fatals. instructor and student in C172 , and one in xenos.

michael.

[GraemeSmith]

FAA Accident and Incident Notification(s): Notice(s) Created 19-SEP-22
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 17-SEP-22
Time: 14:50:00Z
Regis#: N255BF
Aircraft Make: SONEX
Aircraft Model: XENOS
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBSTANTIAL
LOCATION
City: LONGMONT
State: COLORADO
Country: UNITED STATES
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT COLLIDED MID-AIR WITH N2117Y, LONGMONT, CO.
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 1
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 1 0 0 0 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 0 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: MANEUVERING (MNV)
Operation: 91
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: DENVER FSDO
Entry Date: 19-SEP-22
Updated since entry: No

[Bryan Cotton]

I never met Bruce Fritz but I used to work with his son.

[WaiexN143NM]

hi all,
the 3 named in the press.
daniel wilmoth 22 C172 CFI issued 7/24/2022
samuel fisher 23. C172. student
henry butler 69. xenos

accident happened at 8:53am. 7000 msl

The C172 departed rocky mountain metro airport broomfield. co. 8:43am (BJC) 15mi south of longmont
The xenos departed platte valley airpark (18V). near hudson. 8:38am 22 mi southeast of longmont.
accident happened near longmont(LMO) vance brand airport, which is about 40 mi north of denver.

The C172 was spotted in field, the xenos took 45 min to find, was in a stand of trees next to Niwot rd.

RIP

added: posted on kathrynsreport tue sept 20.

michael.

[WaiexN143NM]

Hi all,
Update on http://www.avweb.com
on the midair collision
NTSB prelim report.

also pics and bio updated on http://www.kathrynsreport.com
put N255BF in the search window.

3 accomplished people.
henry butler. enjoying his retirement
daniel wilmoth. new cfi and very impressive military young career
sam fisher . taking flying lessons

sad to see. xenos not transmitting adsb out on that flight.
C172 was eastbound. approx 2000 agl. i also wonder if the sun was a factor at that altitude , time of day , time of year.


be safe out there.

WaiexN143NM
Michael.