A small plane crashed early on Friday into remote mountain terrain near the popular ski resort of Steamboat Springs, Colo., killing all four people aboard, the authorities said.
The plane, an Epic E1000, a six-seat turboprop, crashed at about 12:20 a.m. “under unknown circumstances,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
ROUTT COUNTY, Colo. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NSTB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are heading to Colorado after a plane with four people on board crashed near Steamboat Springs overnight.
The crash, involving a fixed wing sing-engine Epic Aircraft E1000 registered to ALS Aviation LCC in Franklin, Tenn., happened shortly after midnight, according to statement from the FAA. Flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange, obtained by ABC News, shows the plane took off from Kansas City Downtown Airport about two hours earlier.
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