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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW69F0263

1968-10-26 BIG SPRING, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5693P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1959 · 9 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A74B28

Registrant of record

BAYS AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5693P Piper PA-24 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

PIPER PA-24 · N5693P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WEBB AFB

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,717 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

486

Age

55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MISSION TO BIND.

Investigator remarks

LDG GEAR RELEASE TUBE BUSHING WORN,CAUSING TRANS

Cause factors

70/C/CB C
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause
88/L/BQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY
88/L/BA L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING

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 4857. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4857.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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