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The Swampy Pass Piper PA-28 crash

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DevelopingNext check Oct 27: Check for an official coroner identification resolving Case/Chase and New Castle/Rifle, and any sheriff or NTSB update on timing, route and investigation.

Where it stands

By the county’s October 25 update, crews had located the Piper PA-28 wreckage near Swampy Pass and confirmed all three aboard—the pilot, Mark Hendrickson, and his two teenage sons—were dead. The crash investigation and response to the wreck remain open; no findings or official cause are reported.

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  1. Update 1Father and two teenage sons killed in crash near Swampy Pass

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    Father and two teenage sons killed in crash near Swampy Pass

    Crews found all three occupants dead near Swampy Pass by Sunday’s county update. Investigators have identified the aircraft but have not established why it crashed.

    What moved

    • The county update establishes that crews located the wreckage and found all three occupants dead.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

Organizations

  • National Transportation Safety BoardUnited States government investigative agency for civil transportation accidents1 report
  • United States Forest Serviceagency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture1 report

Places

  • Crested ButteCrested Butte, CO, United States of America1 report
  • Ohio Creek RoadOhio Creek Road, Baldwin, CO 81230, United States of America1 report

Every outlet we read on this story

37 sources20 outlets1 wire copy

Who reported what

21 points0 confirmed by two or more outlets13 from a single outlet0 disputed

What 4 outlets reported about this story, point by point, and who reported each point first.

Points more than one outlet reported

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PointCBS ColoradoThe Colorado SunAspen Public RadioKKTVOutlets
Identification of Mark HendricksonNot independently confirmed4
Identification of Alan HendricksonNot independently confirmed4
Identification of the 13-year-old victimNot independently confirmed4
Agencies investigating the crashNot independently confirmed4
Crash location and occurrenceNot independently confirmed3
Time the crash was reportedNot independently confirmed3
Deaths aboard the crashed aircraftNot independently confirmed2
Victims found dead at the sceneNot independently confirmed2

Points only one outlet reported

Only reported by CBS Colorado

Only reported by The Colorado Sun

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