# Accident 19770213002559A: Piper PA28140, Herington, KS, February 13, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1977
- Place: Herington, KS
- Airport: Wm.Schump Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.6969° N, 96.8073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Herington, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6969&lon=-96.8073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9545W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9545W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 639 total, 337 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DCQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCQ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770213002559A

## Narrative

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

1600FT STRIP, GRASS 6IN HIGH

## 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 MKC77DCQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCQ17), Feb 13, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N9545W), Herington, KS, destroyed

## Other reports on N9545W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030618011869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030618011869I), Jun 18, 2003: Piper PA28140 (N9545W), Boulder City, NV. (-23) Responded to incident involving aircraft PA-28-140, s/n 28-22976, N9545W that had landed on highway 93 at mile marker 3 due to fuel exhaustion. No damage…

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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