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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FA100

1981-09-12 WAYNESVILLE, Ohio, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N232P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32

Year of manufacture

1965 · 16 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19721027

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A21133

Registrant of record

AUTOMOTIVE AND MARINE SPECIALISTS INC

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 SGS232 · N232P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

CEASER CREEK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

245° / 8 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000022

Total time

775 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

344

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.WINDS 5 TO 8 KNOTS.

Investigator remarks

SINGLE LANDING GEAR.PILOT HAD 193 HRS IN GLIDERS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/71 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS 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 1910. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1910.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.