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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-260 · Boulder, CO · May 30, 2015

Date: May 30, 2015 · 09:00 local
Place: Boulder, CO
Airport: Boulder Municipal
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N4543Y
Reported as: Piper PA-25-260
Reported engine: Lycoming O-540-B2C5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 370 total15 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 05/31/2015 at 09:00 am; the pilot elected to go around in Piper pawnee PA-25 N4543Y, when insufficient runway remained due to runway use/congestion on runway 08. During go around the pilot did not release the tow rope and the tow rope dragging it across the left wing of a parked glider, damaging the LH aileron with major damage to structure,and endangering the deplaning crew and passengers of the glider.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/31/2015 AT 09:00 AM; THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND IN PIPER PAWNEE PA-25 N4543Y, WHEN INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINED DUE TO RUNWAY USE/CONGESTION ON RUNWAY 08. DURING GO AROUND THE PILOT DID NOT RELEASE THE TOW ROPE AND THE TOW ROPE DRAGGING IT ACROSS THE LEFT WING OF A PARKED GLIDER, DAMAGING THE LH AILERON WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE,AND ENDANGERING THE DEPLANING CREW AND PASSENGERS OF THE GLIDER.