NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI77FEE37
Registry · N8615R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26
Year of manufacture
1961 · 16 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19611122
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABD5A5
Registrant of record
SEXTON JAMES R
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 1-26 · N8615R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
AAVANG RLA
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
260° / 4 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000142
Total time
975 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
22
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TRUCTIONS.
Investigator remarks
OVERSHOT APCH,SPOILERS NOT DEPLOYED.AVOIDING OBS
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/48 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 64/J/23 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Joint cause
- 84/J/7 J MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 2684.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2684.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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