# Accident 20130901016439A: Cessna 182, Boulder, CO, September 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2013, 10:45 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9089° N, 105.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9089&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6460A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6460A-2017-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-470-4 (registry code 17368, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-470-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-520-9
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,031 total, 500 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA525](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA525) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130901016439A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPT.1ST 2013  N6460A LOST POWER ON FINAL APPROACH TO BDU AIRPORT  AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN HAYDEN LAKE. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON LANDING,/IMPACT, AND SANK. MINOR INJURY TO PILOT.

## 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 CEN13LA525](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA525), Sep 1, 2013: Cessna 182 (N6460A), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately clear carburetor icing, resulting in a loss of engine power on final approach following a descent at idle power.

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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