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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVG76

1980-08-23 VACAVILLE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2774Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650409

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2C379

Registrant of record

MINDEN SOARING CLUB INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2774Z Schweizer 2-32 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 2-32 · N2774Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

VACAVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000014

Total time

1,709 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,000

Age

64

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OARING,UN TO GLIDE TO ARPT.SINGLE WHL EQUIPPED.

Investigator remarks

ENCTRD DWNDFT ON LEE SIDE OF RIDGE WHILE RIDGE S

Cause factors

64/A/27 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/M J
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 2780. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2780.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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