Carbondale resident Barry Maggert died
piloting his single-engine plane after it crashed near Black Hawk on Thursday afternoon.
The Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office reported the fatality and an injured passenger as a result of the crash, which occurred in a mountainous, wooded area at approximately 10,300 feet.
The 1965 Cessna 182 is co-owned by Maggert and Carroll Winkler of Glenwood Springs, who said that Maggert was piloting the plane and was on his way to his son’s college graduation in Boulder.
Winkler said Maggert had been a pilot for “a fair amount of time,” and was instrument rated and “a good pilot.”
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