In an air traffic control (ATC) audio obtained by KOAA, multiple “Mayday” calls can be heard just seconds before a small single engine plane crashed on Powers Boulevard.
The plane was cleared for takeoff from the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) around 4:06 a.m. Wednesday morning. It seemed to have taken off around 4:08 a.m. and radioed in that they climbed to 6,500 feet.
Minutes later, at 4:12 a.m., a distress call is heard over the ATC audio…