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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DRG07

1978-10-29 GEORGETOWN, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N14501

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33

Year of manufacture

1968 · 10 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0B7B5

Registrant of record

EASTERN SHORE HELICOPTERS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N14501 Schweizer SGS232 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

SCHWEIZER SGS232 · N14501

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GEORGETOWN MUNI

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

030° / 6 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000059

Total time

847 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

13

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FT SIGHTING PARACHUTE 750FT OFF TO RIGHT.

Investigator remarks

STU PLT RELEASED AT APPROX 450FT DURING LAUNCH A

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/L/71 L
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3032. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3032.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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