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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEG14

1975-02-15 WAYNESVILLE, Ohio, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N17962 Schweizer 2-33 Serious

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 2-33 · N17962

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SOARING SOCIETY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

140° / 11 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000262

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

31

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

3000FT RLSD 2000FT.POST EXAM ALT IND 1020FT.WHEELS

Investigator remarks

NML PROC IS TO SET ALT TO ZERO.PLT RQSTD TOW TO

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/01 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT Cause
64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/L/28 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 0472. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0472.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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