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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA70D0052

1969-08-24 BANNER ELK, North Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7746S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32

Year of manufacture

1969 · 0 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690527

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA7B1E

Registrant of record

HORIZON AIRCRAFT SALES LTD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7746S Schweizer SGS232 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

SCHWEIZER SGS232 · N7746S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BEECH MOUNTAIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

9 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

9,808

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACK LINE.LANDED ON TREES.DIVE BRAKES OBSERVED ON.

Investigator remarks

TOW PLANE NOT GAINING ALT,GLIDER PLT RELEASED SL

Cause factors

82/C/M C
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause
64/C/19 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 2363. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2363.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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