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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78FQD27

1978-07-25 DEMING, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N60255

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B

Year of manufacture

1994

TCDS

A17SW · AIR TRACTOR INC

Engine

P&W PT6A SERIES (500 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19940906

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7D1D2

Registrant of record

BIG WINGS AG INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N60255 Boeing IB75A None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

BOEING IB75A · N60255

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

DEMING

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

070° / 11 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

730 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,200

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BRAKE ACTION.MILO MAIZE.LOWER WINGS DMGD.

Investigator remarks

RIGHT WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER CUPS LEAKING,NO RIGHT

Cause factors

70/A/CJ A
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AJ A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2267. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2267.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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