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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX74DUJ56

1974-05-05 MARICOPA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7766S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA828C

Registrant of record

CALDWELL BRUCE A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7766S 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 · N7766S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

ESTRELLA SAILPORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000136

Total time

347 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

103

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG HIT TREE ON ROLLOUT.GUSTS 20K.PLT LOST LIFT.

Investigator remarks

SINGLE WHEEL GLIDER LANDED ON RD IN DESERT.RT WI

Cause factors

64/A/27 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING 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 1303. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1303.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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