Parallel runways, the Metroliner was landing on 17L and the Cirrus was landing on 17R. It appears the Cirrus turned final and struck the Metroliner. May have lined up on the wrong runway.
Both are lucky to have survived. Pictures of the Metroliner show the fuselage damage close to the tail of the aircraft and damage to the Cirrus fuselage is just aft of the ballistic parachute.
Both VERY lucky.
It’s real easy to overshoot 17R into the approach path of 17L. The runways are very close together. It is not uncommon for 17R traffic to execute 30° or more of bank to keep that from happening. It is one the “hot spots” the FAA constantly identifies as a problem area at Centennial.
Ah, see I have this very bad habit of commenting without reading the articles. :-) So it wasn’t on just above the runway but actually “mid air” so to speak. Wow. Again glad everyone landed safely.