Video Shows Low-Flying Piper Aerostar Twin Just Before Crash

Stephen Pope

Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 07:48 PM ET

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A Piper Aerostar twin crashed in a Colorado neighborhood, killing the sole pilot, after performing extreme low-level maneuvers.
Accident investigators are reviewing amateur video showing the aircraft engaged in "aerobatic maneuvers" at a low altitude before the crash.
An expert speculates the pilot, whose identity is not yet released, may have known or lived in the area and was flying over a personal residence.

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Accident investigators are reviewing amateur video that shows a Piper Aerostar twin performing extreme low-level maneuvers over a Colorado neighborhood moments before crashing.

The pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, was killed instantly when the Piper crashed in a fireball next to homes on the outskirts of Aurora. Nobody on the ground was hurt.