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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70DGD22

1970-05-30 PENFIELD, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5828V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22E

Year of manufacture

1964 · 6 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640702

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A780DA

Registrant of record

GOOFYS GLIDER CLUB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5828V Schweizer 2-22 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 2-22 · N5828V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

G-PORT GLIDER FLD

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000202

Total time

447 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

7

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FACTOR,ACTUAL APRX 80MPH.WIND 90-180DEG,10-15K.

Investigator remarks

FLT MAN RCMDS L/D APCH AIRSPEED 40MPH PLUS WIND

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 2248. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2248.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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