# Incident 20021219034959I: Piper PA25235, Boulder, CO, December 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2002, 11:50 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N8718L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8718L-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 55 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021219034959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING A TOW AIRCRAFT, WITH TOW ROPE ATTACHED, INTO POSITION TO HOOK UP TO A GLIDER WITH THE INTENTION OF FLIGHT. THE END OF THE TOW ROPE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING ON THE GROUND. THE TOW ROPE PULLED TIGHT AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI. THE ROPE SNAPPED CAUSING THE TAIL TO RAISE OFF THE GROUND. THE WIND THEN LIFTED THE TAIL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ON ITS NOSE. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROPELLER. INSPECTOR DALE SHUEL FROM THE DENVER FSDO WAS ON SCENE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

## Other reports on N8718L (1)

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

- [Accident 20100206026951A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100206026951A), Feb 6, 2010: Piper PA-25-235 (N8718L), Boulder, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Location 3.1 miles north and west of bdu. Impact altitude approximately 8400 MSL (approximately 3000 feet AGL). First aircraft N8187L, PA-25, was flying in a…

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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