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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70D0115

1969-07-11 BIG SPRING, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7451W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1963 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630627

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA07AD

Registrant of record

SAMSON AG FLYING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7451W Piper PA-28 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-28 · N7451W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

HOWARD COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

100° / 6 kt

Temp

96° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,705 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

236

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TION.OIL PASSAGE PLUGGED WITH FOREIGN MATTER.

Investigator remarks

FRONT MAIN BEARING FAILED DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICA

Cause factors

74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/80 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2195. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2195.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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