Doctor and daughter killed in single‑engine crash near Eldorado Springs
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Doctor Aaron Gingrich and his 3‑year‑old daughter Isabella died when his single‑engine aircraft crashed in the Rocky Mountains on 4 October after taking off from Vance Brand Airport in Longmont.
The plane reached altitudes above 15,000 feet and as low as 7,375 feet before striking rising terrain about 300 ft below a ridgeline near Eldorado Springs at roughly 7,360 feet elevation; first responders were alerted at 9:42 p.m. by the U.S. Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and the wreckage was found after 10 a.m. the next day about 4 miles from Mountain View Fire Rescue Station Nine, according to the NTSB preliminary report.