John Denver was a avid pilot but then, he came by it naturally. His father, E. J. Deutchendorf, was a career Air Force pilot who set a world record flying the difficult to fly B-58 Hustler.

IIRC, Denver flew a variety of planes. He died in the crash of a homebuilt LongEze that he'd just purchased.

The pilot's logbook was not recovered. During the investigation, the pilot's FAA airman and medical records were obtained from the Airman and Medical Records Certification Branch, FAA, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On his most recent medical application of record, dated June 13, 1996, he reported a total flight time of 2,750 hours. He held a private pilot certificate, with airplane ratings for single and multiengine land, single-engine sea and gliders. He also held an instrument airplane rating and a Lear Jet type rating.