NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74DEI13
Registry · N8679R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22E
Year of manufacture
1963 · 10 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19630504
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABEC7B
Registrant of record
MAGLAUGHLIN RONALD D
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 · N8679R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
MALLET CREEK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
215° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000162
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,080
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED NOSE DEVELOPED HI SINK RATE HIT BOUNDARY FENCE.
Investigator remarks
WHEEL EQPD.PLT CONCERNED WITH REACHING ARPT RAIS
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/08 B PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 4017.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_4017.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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