# Accident 20140528007499A: Piper PA-25-235, Boulder, CO, May 28, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0403° N, 105.2483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-105.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8808L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8808L-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-B2C5 (registry code 42338, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-b2c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-B2C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 926 total, 19 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140528007499A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2014 AT 1500 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST), N8808L, SN# 25-5306, A LAVIA, S.A. (PIPER) PA-25-235 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR KALMIA AVE IN BOULDER, COLORADO (LAT 40° 2?24?/ LONG 105°14?52?). SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 CEN14LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA261), May 28, 2014: Piper PA-25-235 (N8808L), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately monitor the airplane's actual fuel consumption rate, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N8808L (2)

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

- [Accident 19950731021149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950731021149A), Jul 31, 1995: Piper PA25235 (N8808L), Shelly, ID, Substantial damage. Blew a tire on takeoff. Lost control. Contacted grain on edge of ag strip. Veered into field. Nosed over.
- [Incident 19860724048109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860724048109I), Jul 24, 1986: Piper PA25235 (N8808L), Webster, ND, Minor damage. During spray operation on pilots farm, nosed over landing on a road. Blamed a locked brake. No brake defects found.

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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