Full fuel, 4 pax, 4,500 ft airport, normally aspirated engine - density altitude could be a factor.
22 posts before some one points out the obvious.
Flatland pilot mushes into the ground after trying to depart from a high altitude airport in the summer (it’s still warm in central Utah).
Plus you get wind shear at those airports around Bryce and Moab. Been there done that.
True, but I’m not sure that quite applies. Unconfirmed rumors are that the thing was seen to pitch up and fall straight out of the sky, but there’s no proof and there have been way too many rumors on past crashes that were wrong, sooo…