Update
PARKER - For the fourth time in nine months, a plane trying to land at Centennial Airport has crashed.
All four people on board a Cessna Corsair 425 died when the plane crashed at about 8:20 Saturday night.
The plane reportedly crashed about two miles south of the runway and a half mile east of Peoria. The plane was on its way to Centennial from Sand Point, Idaho.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, an instrument flight plan had been filed. The plane was on a normal instrument approach when it crashed. An air traffic controller at Centennial told the FAA that the pilot did not radio for help or report any problems before the crash.
Visibility was poor last night, but the pilot was qualified to fly in those conditions.
The FAA tells 9News that, overnight, it inspected the system used to guide pilots into the airport. That system, the Instrument Landing System, was found to be in good working order when the plane crashed.
Witnesses say the plane was flying low and then burst into flames. Some power lines near the crash site were knocked down. However, the FAA does not believe the power lines contributed to the crash.
The plane is registered to Sgavit Aviation LLC, of Littleton, CO. Two years ago, this same plane was required to file an incident report with the FAA after it was damaged by hail.
The identities of the four people who died have not been released.
