# NTSB FTW67F0136: Piper PA-23, N5447Y, Big Spring, TX, August 15, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1966
- Place: Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122118
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67F0136
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0136

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2067  66/8/15    BIG SPRING TEX      PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 3375
        TIME - 1700                    N5447Y              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWARD COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, BOTH MAIN GEARS REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5447Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5447Y), registered now, S/N 27-2528, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Howard County

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.

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