NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW73DQG06
Registry · N8607R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AUSTFLIGHT DRIFTER SB-582
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071104
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABD234
Registrant of record
CRUZ GILBERTO
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 SGS123 · N8607R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
ECTOR COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000056
Total time
896 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
600
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AN OUT OF LIFT AND LANDED IN PASTURE.
Investigator remarks
GLIDER PLT,WHO HAD NEVER FLOWN IN TEXAS BEFORE,R
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/48 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/F J TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 2677.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2677.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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