# Accident 19781206044699A: Piper PA28181, Hempstead, TX, December 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1978
- Place: Hempstead, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 30.1015° N, 96.0765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hempstead, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1015&lon=-96.0765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3436M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3436M-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,311 total, 476 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781206044699A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA022), Dec 6, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N3436M), Hempstead, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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