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Should have dropped bags of manure on them.

DENVER (AP) u The National Transportation Safety Board is
investigating a small plane that buzzed low over boats on a
Northern Colorado reservoir before crashing, the board said
Wednesday.

The pilot and a passenger aboard the single-engine plane
survived the crash Sunday with minor injuries, the Larimer
County SheriffAs Office said in a news release. The agency said
it's supporting an investigation by the Federal Aviation
Administration and asked the public to share photos and videos
of the event.

Photographer Stephanie Stamos was near the banks of Horsetooth
Reservoir, just west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on Sunday night
preparing to take high school photos for a student when she saw
the plane flying ounsteadyo over the water.

Stamos, 57, said she instinctively pulled up her camera and
started snapping photos believing the pilot was in trouble and
preparing for a crash landing. But instead of hitting the water,
the plane flew toward a boat on the lake, swinging low over the
craft as one of the boat riders through up their arm, the photos
show.

oThe wheels were almost on top of the boat,o said Stamos.

When the plane disappeared behind the mountains, oI told
everyone, aWait for the boomA,o she said, then oI saw it fly
back up through the mountains going sideways and I thought, aOh
this guy is an idiot, this guys just messing around.Ao

Stamos said she shared her photos with the Larimer County
SheriffAs Office and that the NTSB reached out to her Wednesday
asking for the same pictures.

Peter Knudson, spokesperson for the National Transportation
Safety Board, said the agency is investigating the Sept. 11
crash but declined to provide any details.

Carolina de la Torre had just finished swimming in a cove at
Horsetooth Reservoir when the plane flew over. She said the
aircraft got within 15-20 feet of her and her friends.

oWe thought they were going to crash down on (the other boat),"
she said, "it was the most nuts experience IAve ever had.o

https://news.yahoo.com/small-plane-buzzes-boaters-colorado-
222424515.html

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