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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71DUG16

1970-09-12 ADELANTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5718S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33

Year of manufacture

1967 · 3 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19671227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A755A1

Registrant of record

ANTELOPE VALLEY SOARING CLUB (AVSC)

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5718S Schweizer SGS233 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 SGS233 · N5718S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

EL MIRAGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 15 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000066

Total time

560 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

36

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WG HIT WHEEL,A PART OF IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

Investigator remarks

LND TO L SIDE OF OVERRUN DUE FOLLOWING GLIDER. L

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/B/15 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
88/K/13 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint factor
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 3713. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3713.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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