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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76DQD11

1975-09-26 MARFA, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1069X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32-300

Year of manufacture

1975 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750425

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01EA7

Registrant of record

ENTELECHY ONE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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-32 · N1069X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DUNHAM

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

45 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

717

Age

28

Investigator remarks

HIT RUT IN RWY & BENT NOSE GR.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/A/BK A
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE 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 3417. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3417.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.