# Accident 20180909015669A: Piper PA-32-300, Hereford, TX, September 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hereford, TX
- Airport: Hereford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8564° N, 102.3258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8564&lon=-102.3258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4078W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4078W-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 36 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180909015669A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 AM LOCAL TIME, N4078W, A PIPER PA-32-300 IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SOUTHEAST OF RUNWAY 20 AT THE HEREFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN HEREFORD, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND THREE (3) PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HEREFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HRX) IN HEREFORD, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY1100.

## 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 CEN18LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA378), Sep 9, 2018: Piper PA32 (N4078W), Hereford, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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