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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72DQD14

1971-10-23 MARFA, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8465

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHLEICHER ASW-15

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19900711

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB992A

Registrant of record

GRIEVE SHANE M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8465 Schleicher ASW-15 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

SCHLEICHER ASW-15 · N8465

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000015075

Total time

200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,000

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HIT MESQUITE BUSH.

Investigator remarks

GLIDER LOST LIFT,TOO FAR FROM FLD.LND ON ROAD.WG

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING 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 4462. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4462.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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