English: Tail section of N280KL, a Swearingen SA226TC Metroliner, following a collision with a private Cirrus SR22 GTS G5, over Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County in Colorado, whilst both aircraft were attempting to land at Centennial Airport. Despite having sustained severe damage, the Swearingen Metroliner managed to land safely at Centennial Airport whilst the Cirrus SR22 deployed its CAPS system and safely parachuted to the ground. All three occupants on board both aircraft survived uninjured.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause(s) of this accident were:

The Cirrus pilot’s failure to maintain the final approach course for the assigned runway, which resulted in a collision with the Swearingen which was on final approach to the parallel runway. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the controller to issue a traffic advisory to the Swearingen pilot regarding the location of Cirrus, and the Cirrus pilot’s decision to fly higher than recommended approach speed which resulted in a larger turn radius and contributed to his overshoot of the final approach course.