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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FA008

1977-10-29 CEDAR HILL, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N10368

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20R

Year of manufacture

2002

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20021122

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01324

Registrant of record

S-A CLARK AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N10368 Schweizer 1-26B Fatal

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 1-26B · N10368

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 7 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000115

Total time

1,360 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

22

Age

41

Investigator remarks

BOTH WINGS SEPARATED.

Cause factors

64/A/09 A
PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/AA J
AIRFRAME SPARS Joint cause
88/J/94 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
88/J/49 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 3234. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3234.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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