NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX73DUG11
Registry · N7582
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26D
Year of manufacture
1970 · 2 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700521
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA3A5F
Registrant of record
WALKER RICHARD A
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 1-26D · N7582
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
EL MIRAGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000472
Total time
445 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,274
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HER GLIDER(N5718S) AND A AUTOMOBILE.
Investigator remarks
HIT STEEL CABLE USED AS A TOW CABLE BETWEEN ANOT
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2881.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2881.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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