# Accident 20100206026931A: Cirrus Desi SR20, Boulder, CO, February 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0767° N, 105.2706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0767&lon=-105.2706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N825BC-2010-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESI SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100206026931A

## Narrative

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

LOCATION 3.1 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF BDU.  IMPACT ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 8400 MSL (APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET AGL). FIRST AIRCRAFT, N825BC, SR-20, WAS DECENDING ON SOUTHERLY HEADING TO LAND AT BDU. SECOND AIRCRAFT N8187L, PA25 ON WESTERLY HEADING ASCENDING  TO FLIGHT LEVEL 100 TO RELEASE GLIDER .  FIRST AIRCRAFT.  IMAPCTED RIGHT SIDE OF SECOND AIRCRAFT AT MID FUSALAGE.  INFLIGHT FIRE AND BREAKUP OCCURED.

## 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 CEN10FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA115), Feb 6, 2010: Cirrus Design SR20 (N825BC), Boulder, CO, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other resulting in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the lack of perceived visual relative motion of the Piper and the Cirrus to the…

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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