 According to radio traffic recorded by the NTSB, the plane took off from Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colorado at 3.15 p.m., headed to Ogden Hinkley Airport. As the plane was flying over Yampa, Colorado, the pilot reported a cylinder temperature issue and asked if they could land at Steamboat Springs Airport. But the pilot overflew the airport, and then he was given permission to fly to an airport in Fort Collins, Colorado shortly thereafter.