# Accident 20240904012609A: Piper PA-28-140, Borger, TX, September 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2024, 21:06 local time
- Place: Borger, TX
- Airport: Hutchinson County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7009° N, 101.3937° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7009&lon=-101.3937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40939, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40939) (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 PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 889 total, 849 in this make and model, 434 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA339) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240904012609A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, AT 2106 CDT, A PA-28-140, REGISTERED TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN APPROX. 6.2 NE OF HUTCHINSON COUNTY AIRPORT (KBDG) BORGER, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PIPELINE PATROL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SHAWNEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSNL), SHAWNEE, OK ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, AT 1600 CDT.

## 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 CEN24LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA339), Sep 5, 2024: Piper PA-28-140 (N40939), Borger, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management which led to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N40939 (1)

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

- [Accident 19761029034199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761029034199A), Oct 29, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N40939), Salem, AR, Substantial damage. Acft t/d between 2 pwr lines then hit trees.

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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