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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUG44

1976-02-29 ADELANTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7589

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A

Year of manufacture

1970 · 6 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700801

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA3B54

Registrant of record

CIVIL AIR PATROL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7589 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 · N7589

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

EL MIRAGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 25 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000189

Total time

1,148 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,400

Age

56

Investigator remarks

SINGLE WHEEL. GUSTING TO 40K.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0575. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0575.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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