# Accident 20100206026951A: Piper PA-25-235, 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: Takeoff: Climb Out
- 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: 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 PA-25-235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 560 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/20100206026951A

## 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 N8187L, PA-25,  WAS FLYING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION, TOWING GLIDER N2474W, SGS 232, ACENDING TO FLIGHT LEVEL 100 WHEN IT WAS IMPACTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AT MID FUSALAGE BY SECOND AIRCRAFT N825BC, SR20.  INFLIGHT FIRE AND BREAKUP OCCURED.  GLIDER RELEASED FROM THE TOW LINE AND LANDED AT BDU WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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: Piper PA-25-235 (N8718L), 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…

## Other reports on N8718L (1)

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

- [Incident 20021219034959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021219034959I), Dec 19, 2002: Piper PA25235 (N8718L), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. (-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…

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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