# Accident 19770707025329A: Piper PA18150, Hermiston, OR, July 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1977
- Place: Hermiston, OR
- Airport: Hermiston Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 45.8282° N, 119.2592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HERMISTON MUNI (HRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8282&lon=-119.2592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40523, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40523) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 3 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77DYM46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYM46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770707025329A

## Narrative

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

DRIFT OFF RUNWAY,HIT BRAKES,NOSE OVER.

## 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 SEA77DYM46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYM46), Jul 7, 1977: Piper PA-18 (N40523), Hermiston, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N40523 (1)

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

- [Accident 19800919041989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800919041989A), Sep 19, 1980: Piper PA18 (N40523), Colfax, WA, Substantial damage. Landed ag plane on a dirt road to look over future spray field. A gust of wind overturned aircraft while taxiing.

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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