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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN79FTE57

1979-07-10 COLORADO SPGS, Colorado, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2421W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

2023

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-B4A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20230427

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A239FD

Registrant of record

JOHNSTON JOHN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2421W Schweizer SGS232 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 SGS232 · N2421W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

BLACKFOREST

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

170° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000040

Total time

2,062 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

32

Investigator remarks

DIVE BRAKES OBSERVED 1/2 OPEN.

Cause factors

64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/L/23 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS

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 1529. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1529.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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