- Date
- November 10, 2025, 18:15 local (Nov 11, 2025, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Castle Rock, CO · roadway
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9143WPiper PA-28-235
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20251110019839A
- Case key
- 201987
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On November 10, 2025, about 1815 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-235 airplane, N9143W, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Castle Rock, Colorado. The pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. A second passenger reported minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that, while in cruise flight, he observed a slight decrease in engine speed. He immediately applied carburetor heat. However, about two minutes later, the engine lost all power. The pilot’s efforts to restore engine power were unsuccessful. The pilot executed a forced landing to road. The left wing struck a car which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. No one in the car was injured. An engine examination is planned following recovery of the airplane.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9143W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10764
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 3,673.4
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 2025 · 28.4 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Springs, CO
- Destination
- COS · Colorado Springs, CO
- Airport
- N/A
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots, gusting 1
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.46 inHg
- Observed at
- KAPA, 11 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KAPA 100153Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 03/M11 A3046
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.