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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79DID08

1979-01-27 WINDSOR, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N249AF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26D

Year of manufacture

1968 · 11 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A25174

Registrant of record

BLAKESLEE RAYMOND D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N249AF Schweizer SGS126 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 SGS126 · N249AF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

D

Airport

GARNER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000421

Total time

782 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,150

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L ROD DRG GLIDER ASSY.

Investigator remarks

PLT FAILED TO CONNECT ELEV HORN TO ELEV PUSH-PUL

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/CC A
SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BM A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED 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 0002. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0002.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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