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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77DEE02

1976-10-03 PARK FOREST, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N681U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22E

Year of manufacture

1965 · 11 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650423

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A908B0

Registrant of record

BISHOP THOMAS W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N681U Schweizer SGU222 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 SGU222 · N681U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

HAEDTLER FIELD

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

120° / 11 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000217

Total time

1,351 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

7

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MG. BYSTANDER RCVD SERIOUS INJ.

Investigator remarks

VEERED OFF RWY, STRUCK ACFT N65962-SUBSTANTIAL D

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/C1 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 3332. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3332.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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