With 3 plane crashes this month, could there be a reason for the uptick? [Video]

DENVER (KDVR) — With three plane crashes in under two weeks in Colorado, could there be a reason for the uptick? One aviation expert said this is not out of the ordinary for this time of year.

“We do see, statistically, an uptick in general aviation accidents during the spring and summer months,” said Chad Kendall, an aviation professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

2 killed in small plane crash into Steamboat Springs mobile home park

Kendall said there are a few different reasons for that. Chief among them is as the weather improves, more pilots are itching to get in the sky.

“People have had their airplanes over in hangars during the winter months. They’re not flying as often,” Kendall said.

With more planes flying, Kendall said, statistically, it stands to reason that more crashes could happen.

“There’s longer days to fly, more hours put on airplanes,” he …