NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80FQA46
Registry · N8671R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780111
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABEB63
Registrant of record
KENT GARY W
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 SGS126 · N8671R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
MORIARITY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 2 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000201
Total time
3,000 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,098
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CONSOLE,OPEN DOOR RESTRICTED MVMT OF STICK.
Investigator remarks
S/W RETRACTABLE.UTILITY BOX INCORPORATED IN CNTR
Cause factors
- 70/A/BY A AIRFRAME OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CB A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/77 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2816.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2816.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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