NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW68D0278
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 SGU-2 · N10351
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
MOSS CREEK G.PORT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
455 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,200
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-PREMATURE RELEASE OF TOW LINE,TOO LOW.
Investigator remarks
TURN TO AVOID FENCE,WING STRUCK GROUND.
Cause factors
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 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 3476.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_3476.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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