Plane lost left engine before crashing in Steamboat Springs: Prelim. NTSB report [Video]

DENVER — A small plane flying from Longmont to Utah lost its left engine before crashing into a mobile home park in Steamboat Springs, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday.

The twin-engine Cessna 421 airplane was leaving Vance Brand Airport (LMO) in Longmont and was on its way to Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) in Ogden, Utah, when the pilot reported a cylinder temperature issue and requested to divert to Steamboat Springs Airport/Bob Adams Field (SBS), the preliminary report states.

The airplane overflew SBS and requested to divert to Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL) in the Fort Collins/Loveland area. While flying towards FNL, the pilot reported to air traffic control “that they had just lost the left engine” and air traffic control cleared the pilot back to SBS for landing.

While doing a final turn toward a runway at SBS, the airplane “was observed by …