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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70D0291

1969-09-06 HIGHLAND, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7759S Schweizer SGS233 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

SCHWEIZER SGS233 · N7759S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

HIGHLAND

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

360° / 30 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000129

Total time

130 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

44

Age

22

Investigator remarks

MISUSED DIVE BRAKES. APCHING TSTM.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/L/19 L
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT

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 3909. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3909.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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