# Incident 20150530007709I: Piper PA-25-260, Boulder, CO, May 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2015, 09:00 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4543Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-B2C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150530007709I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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