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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74DEI13

1973-08-25 MEDINA, Ohio, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.