# Accident 20240531006639A: Piper PA-24-250, Colorado Spring, CO, May 31, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2024, 12:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7500P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7500P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240531006639A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 31, 2024 PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON EXTENDED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 17 EXPERIENCE A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT STATED HE COULDNT MAKE 17, ATC CLEARED HIM FOR 13, PILOT COULD NOT MAKE 13 AND CALLED MAYDAY. LANDED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS VMC. 2 POB, PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

IT WAS NOTICED THAT THEIR WAS SOME TYPE OF WHITE CLOUDY SUBSTANCE IN THE FUEL SAMPLES CLOECTED AT THE SCENE, THE SAMPLES WILL BE FURTHER REVIEWED AND AN ATEMPTED ENGINE  RUN WILL TAKE PLACE AT A FUTURE DATE THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AT THAT TIME.

## 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 CEN24LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA206), May 31, 2024: Piper PA-24-250 (N7500P), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to use the carburetor heat during a descent that resulted in the loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.

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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