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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71DBD29

1970-09-16 JOLIET, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2771Z Schweizer SGS232 Minor

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 SGS232 · N2771Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

JOLIET

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000012

Total time

820 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,375

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OW ROPE TOO LATE FOR SAFE ABORT.

Investigator remarks

TOW CAR WAS SLOW IN ACCELERATION. PLT RELEASED T

Cause factors

64/A/06 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/K5 J
PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE 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 3738. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3738.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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