A plane crashed in Grandview Estates in Divide Monday afternoon, injuring a pilot and a passenger, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office. 

The two were taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, the office said on Facebook. 

The pilot of the four-seater Cessna Skyhawk from 1961, based on its tail number, “indicated there was engine trouble,” Peter Knudson, a spokesman with the National Transportation Safety Board, said early Monday evening. As the pilot landed the plane in a field, it overturned, Knudson said.

Flight records show the plane has been flown a handful of times in the last two weeks and it has a local owner.

The extent of the pilot’s and passenger’s injuries are unknown as of Monday evening.

Jeff and Tristan Edey were having lunch at Russ’s Place near the intersection of Highways 24 and 67 around 1 p.m. when they heard engine noise from the plane, like it was not firing on all cylinders or it was running out of gas. 

“It was sputtering,” Tristan Edey said. 

The two did not see the plane go down, but it was flying low and it seemed as if the pilot was trying to coast it down to the ground, they said. 

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the plane crash and release a preliminary report in about two weeks. 

The initial report will include information collected at the site of the crash but it will not have a cause. 

A final report will list a probable cause, but the NTSB may take a year or two to issue it, according to the agency’s website.  

 The agency investigates about 1,300 aviation accidents each year. 

On May 6, a single-engine Pool-Cessna T-41B2 crashed into the mountains southeast of Victor and caught fire, killing the four people on board. The plane took off from the Fremont County Airport bound for Centennial Airport near Denver. 

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is available.

The Gazette’s Breeanna Jent contributed to this report.

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