# Accident 19780202000819A: Piper PA23, Boulder, CO, February 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1978
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3257P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3257P-2010-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,634 total, 2 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FTE27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780202000819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED IN ROUGH FIELD.AC NOT FLOWN IN ONE YEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN78FTE27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE27), Feb 2, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N3257P), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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