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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70DBA28

1970-05-23 LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.