The aircraft (N245T) was a Cessna 421C registered to Dan Dunn 67 who was flying with Jessica Melton 42 on board. The flight abruptly diverted from its filed flight plan between Longmont, CO and Ogden, UT (flying south of Steamboat Springs) toward the airport. It overflew the airport at Steamboat Springs made several reversing circles north of the airport, never entering into a standard pattern for approach or landing but did line up for a short straight-in landing on Runway 14, and then crashed about 1000 feet south of the end of Runway 32.

Even less affordable housing now...

Geez! That's like the 5th one this week! Maybe it's a sign. FLYING CARS ARE NOT READY!

I don't think you probably need to wait to get a report on the condition of anybody in the plane - the thing didn't land....it obviously plowed into the ground and exploded.

Jeez there was a plane crash last week on the road in front of our house

This is the third small plane crash in Colorado in less than a month!

No one inside that aircraft could survive that inferno. With the weather heating up, and these heat domes popping up everywhere, I anticipate there will probably be other crashes involving density altitude and pilots either not understanding or thinking they have the distance and power to take off and climb.

I am not surprised by the sheer volume of private aircraft crashes that occur within the USA. Absolutely ridiculous amount of incompetence and sub standard pilotage skills. The lack of common sense and failure to observe standard pre flight planning, inspection and weather observations are inherently the precursors to disaster. Your methods and duties as pilots require a high level of professionalism. Don't make your mark in the world as a smoking hole in the ground!!!

The witness sounded like a Valley Girl.

It might be fairly obvious, sadly, if you don't see any strangers wondering around, kind of dazed, they didn't make it out...

Looks like possible engine failure, but KZfaqrs will use it as material. If your a pilot never end up on KZfaq is the goal now. Prayers for the family.

That is unfortunate.

Ok, these planes keep falling out of the sky. Something is wrong.

Another one?

I'm sure they're ok

I hope Bubbles' kitties are OK, and that Mr. Lahey wasn't passed out in some back yard and got squashed.

Oh great, there goes that mobile hone park... You own nothing and are happy!

There should be designated areas where these planes can fly, and designated routes, so that people who don't want to live under the noise or risk of other injury can choose to live there. Currently they can fly pretty much anywhere.

....a lot of planes are crashing in populated areas lately......

Just checked ForeFlight and density altitude as reported 12 minutes ago is 9739 feet. I’m pretty sure I know what the root cause of this crash is.

When did trailer parks become mobile home parks? If its got a hitch and axles under it, its a trailer

Daily carnage

Hope it wasn't a 337 I've lost two friends flying those in the last decade.

You can't crash a plane without running into a trailer park, am i in Florida?

How much you wanna bet, the govt says it’s now unsafe to live in the trailer park, then big corporate buys the land to develop it. Any wages? 🥸

I am not surprised by the sheer volume of private aircraft crashes that occur within the USA. Absolutely ridiculous amount of incompetence and sub standard pilotage skills. The lack of common sense and failure to observe standard pre flight planning, inspection and weather observations are inherently the precursors to disaster. Your methods and duties as pilots require a high level of professionalism. Don't make your mark in the world as a smoking hole in the ground!!!