Ever run across a crashed plane in the High Country?

[BuffaloBob]

While the wife and I were hiking, we came upon day old single engine plane crash. Rescuers had already been there but aviation experts had not. So the crash story was all to apparent.

Flying up the canyon by the 4th of July mine site, ran out of altitude and couldn't turn due to the narrowing of the canyon. They crash landed on an up slope, rocky hillside. Pancaked into the ground and the engine landed quite a distance away. Don't know if there were serious injuries but it surely looked like a hard landing.

A couple other times hunting in the high country I came across shiny, sand cleaned plane bodies. From long ago. I believe there over 350 crash site with wreckage remaining in Colorado mountains. They are marked on aviation maps so they don't keep getting reported.

So any of you folks ever run across a wreck site?
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[TabWhisperer]

Can I get a link to the aviation map showing the locations?

 

[BuffaloBob]

Can I get a link to the aviation map showing the locations?

Yes here is a link. Select the State and view either a listing or Google Map.
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http://www.planecrashmap.com/list/co

 

[BuffaloBob]

Here is the Google map.
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[RGINN]

I didn't run across it, but I intentionally went up to the WSU crash site over by the tunnel last summer. Some Oklahoma folks were lost there, one of them we knew of back when I was in High School, so I felt obligated to run up there. Lots of wreckage still left, and some of the bodies were never recovered due to a terrific fire after the crash. It's a calm, peaceful, pretty place, but a little overwhelming to me. Did they ever recover those missiles from that jet fighter over by Aspen?

 

[BuffaloBob]

I didn't run across it, but I intentionally went up to the WSU crash site over by the tunnel last summer. Some Oklahoma folks were lost there, one of them we knew of back when I was in High School, so I felt obligated to run up there. Lots of wreckage still left, and some of the bodies were never recovered due to a terrific fire after the crash. It's a calm, peaceful, pretty place, but a little overwhelming to me. Did they ever recover those missiles from that jet fighter over by Aspen?

I had forgotten all about them. As far as I know they never located them or discovered what actually happened. That would be a surprising find.

A fellow I worked with also crashed and both he and his wife were killed. Tail Number N2424G, Pagosa Springs, CO May 2, 1999. He was a very experienced pilot with 2,520 flying hours, but mountain flying is always dangerous. Just run out of options sometimes.
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[oldnugget]

no airplanes.. just a couple of flying saucers... not much left of em...lol

 

[Cassews]

no airplanes.. just a couple of flying saucers... not much left of em...lol

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[Johnnybravo300]

Weve been looking for the B24 that crashed in Taylor Canyon in 1945. It's supposed to be near mile marker 15 but we havent found it yet.
I read that there was interpretive signage marking the site but it could have been taken down years ago.

 

[1637]

the best story ive every heard was about two guys that work out of edwards air force base that detect x-plane crashes.they found a red stone out of a ring on the ground.at a later date they happen to meet one of the plots wife,s.her show them a ring that she wore.they said you mite want what we found.it was along time ago so all my facts my not be dead on ,but i loved the story.
brad

 

[cyzak]

I didn't run across it, but I intentionally went up to the WSU crash site over by the tunnel last summer. Some Oklahoma folks were lost there, one of them we knew of back when I was in High School, so I felt obligated to run up there. Lots of wreckage still left, and some of the bodies were never recovered due to a terrific fire after the crash. It's a calm, peaceful, pretty place, but a little overwhelming to me. Did they ever recover those missiles from that jet fighter over by Aspen?

I have a little info on that A-10 that went down on Gold Dust Peak they never did find the 4 500 pound bombs it was carrying.They had a seal team come in to dive the lakes for about a month surrounding the area of the crash they flew out of Eagle Colorado there is a high altitude training facility there.I also now they flew and SR-71 out of Beale California for about a week looking for the crash and the bombs when they could not locate them but they could not find them still a big mystery as to what happened to them.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

I once found a guy that had caught in a bear trap.
I went back a week later and he was dead!