NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI70DBA28
Registry · N8613R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22C
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610823
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABD55F
Registrant of record
CLIPP JOHN W
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
SCHWEIZER 2-22 · N8613R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
HALSMER
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
090° / 11 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000118
Total time
413 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
13
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IT RWY ON SKID,BOUNCED.DMGD DORSAL FUSELAGE TUBE.
Investigator remarks
LOW APCH,NOSED DOWN TO GAIN AIRSPEED FOR FLARE.H
Cause factors
- 64/A/45 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/22 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint cause
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 2230.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2230.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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