Family of three killed in Boulder County plane crash files lawsuit

Mitchell Byars, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.

Tue, May 16, 2023, 11:23 PM2 min read

May 16—The family of a Louisiana woman and her two children killed in a plane crash in Boulder County have filed a lawsuit against the aerial tour company and the owner of the plane.

Passengers Sandra Kirby, 48; Ian Kirby, 17; and Amanda Kirby, 13, were killed in the crash on July 17 along with pilot Steven Chase, 32.

Their plane crashed in a heavily timbered area in the 11000 block of Lefthand Canyon Drive on July 17 after taking off from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield. Investigators said it appears the plane entered a descending left turn in the moments before it crashed, but the exact cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane, a 1972 dual-engine Cessna T337G, was owned by Bluebird Aviation and was registered to a VX Aviation LLC out of Broomfield.

The Kirby family was visiting Colorado from Louisiana.

The family of the Kirbys filed a lawsuit in Boulder District Court on May 10 naming Bluebird Aviation and VX Aviation LLC.

The lawsuit alleges the defendants "failed to exercise reasonable care in operating the flight, maintaining the plane, inspecting the plane and otherwise negligently caused the crash to occur."

"Defendants were negligent by failing to maintain the airplane, failing to train the pilot, failing to adequately supervise the pilot, failure to perform routine inspections on the airplane, failing to operate the airplane in a safe manner, failure to land the airplane in a safe manner," the lawsuit read. "Defendants also failed to comply with applicable government, regulatory, and industry standards, statutes, ordinances, and requirements."

According to records, the registration certificate for the plane expired in April 2022, several months prior to the crash.

Neither Bluebird Aviation nor VX Aviation could be reached for comment.

A website for Bluebird Aviation appears to no longer be active, and the business was listed as non-compliant in May on the Colorado Secretary of State's website for failing to file periodic reports.

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