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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN80DTC10

1980-02-29 JACKSON, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N30SG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV7A

Year of manufacture

2014

Engine

MATTITUCK TMX 360 (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20141002

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31E90

Registrant of record

NEVADA FLYBOYS LLP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N30SG Swearingen SA26T None

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

SWEARINGEN SA26T · N30SG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

JACKSON HOLE

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000T26

Total time

3,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

13,000

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NIT,PN 26-53027-1,WORN.R TREAD,NOSE WHL,SCUFFED.

Investigator remarks

BOTH CLUTCHES IN NOSE WHL STEERING SERVO/MOTOR U

Cause factors

70/C/CP C
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause
75/C/AK C
SYSTEMS MOTORS Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
80/K/BD K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 1352. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1352.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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