# Incident 20020417010249I: Piper PA18150, Longmont, CO, April 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4384A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4384A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,151 total, 53 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020417010249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TOWING A GLIDER AT BOULDER AT BOULDER COUNTY AIRPORT (1V5), WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY CHANGED AFTER TAKE OFF. (PEAK GUSTS @ 45). LANDING WAS ABORTED AND ALTERNATE OF LONGMONT (2V2) WAS SELECTED. WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND AT LONGMONT, PILOT FOUND CLIMB PERFORMANCE DEGRADED DUE TO CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION, (SHIFTING TO TAIL WIND). PILOT REPORTED HITTING A FENCE (PRAIRIE DOG VARIETY) DURING CLIMB OUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PERFORM NORMALLY POST-CONTACT AND PILOT DECIDED TO FIND ANOTHER ALTERNATE WITH MORE FAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FOR OVER AN HOUR WITH NO APPRECIABLE PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION. UPON LANDING AT ERIE TRI-COUNTY (48V) PILOT INSPECTED AIRPLANE AND FOUND MINOR DAMAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEFINITIONS AS FOUND IN CFR 830.2. PILOT DID FILL OUT AND FORWARD NASA REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AVIATION SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N4384A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921219050949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921219050949A), Dec 19, 1992: Piper PA18150 (N4384A), Boulder, CO, Substantial damage. After releasing glider on aerial tow was unable to locate airport due fog. Wing hit fence post landing on a road.

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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