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2008/12/24

Malibu Mirage Crashes at Hayden Airport

What: 1986 Piper PA-46 Malibu, Malibu Mirage s inbound from Hutchinson, Kan
Where: YAMPA VALLEY AIRPORT, HAYDEN, CO 2 ½ miles northwest of Elkhead Reservoir
When: 12/22/2008 Time: 1920
Who: Pilot and passenger Joseph and Suzette Brumleve
Why: The pilot told the control tower that he was having trouble with the plane's landing gear. Piper crashes on approach, 10 miles west of the runway at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden. The deceased couple was part of an investment group attempting to purchase the Steamboat Ski Area.

The pilot "did a fly-by of the runway and was in a right turn to get on a heading for the runway when about three-quarters of the way through the turn he made an unexpected left bank"
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