Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 N162GL accident near Eldorado Springs, Colorado, October 4, 2026
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, registration N162GL, operated by BOULDER AVIATION PARTNERS LLC, was involved in an accident near Eldorado Springs, Colorado on October 4, 2026. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as fatal, with 2 people on board. Case CEN27LA005 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 77 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 15,600 ft. The last recorded position was at 03:29 UTC, at 7,000 ft and 145 knots, climbing at 576 feet per minute, about 11 km from Boulder Muni (KBDU).
The nearest weather report, from KBDU (11 km away), showed wind 180° at 3 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Diamond DA 40 registered in United States (Mode S A0F9BD).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- October 4, 2026
- Location
- Eldorado Springs, Colorado
- Aircraft
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
- Registration
- N162GL
- Operator
- BOULDER AVIATION PARTNERS LLC
- Injuries
- Fatal (2 on board)
- NTSB case
- CEN27LA005 (In work)
- Nearest airport
- Boulder Muni (KBDU)
- Recorded flight
- 77 min, max 15,600 ft
- Last recorded position
- 03:29 UTC, 7,000 ft, 145 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case CEN27LA005; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.