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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76FQD20

1976-04-03 FABENS, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7746S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32

Year of manufacture

1969 · 7 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 Minor

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

FABENS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000069

Total time

150 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

865

Age

40

Investigator remarks

HIT 450FT SHORT OF RWY. 4 PERS IN 3 PLACE GLIDER

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
64/L/20 L
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.

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 0613. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0613.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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