# Accident 20141120020669A: Piper PA-28-181, Stasburg, CO, November 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2014, 20:40 local time
- Place: Stasburg, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7742° N, 104.3006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7742&lon=-104.3006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2204Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2204Q-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 929 total, 430 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141120020669A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 20, 2014, A PRIVATE PILOT, FLYING N2204Q, A PA28-181, RECEIVING VFR SERVICES FROM DENVER TRACON, ENROUTE FROM GOODLAND KS.(GLD) TO BROOMFIELD CO (BJC) REQUESTED DIVERSION TO FRONT RANGE ARPT (FTG) FOR FUEL.  AT 0358Z, N2204Q REPORTED TO FTG TOWER, AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO POWER LINES ON DEAD STICK APPROACH TO A FIELD 10 MILES EAST OF FTG AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED IN THE FIELD SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT SUFFERED A CUT TO HIS FOREHEAD, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT ADMITTED THEY RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 CEN15CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA055), Nov 21, 2014: Piper PA 28-181 (N2204Q), Strasburg, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The exhaustion of the fuel supply resulting in a complete loss of engine 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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