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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA67A0032

1966-09-03 LEWISBURG, Tennessee, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 TG-3A · N1436M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

ELLINGTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 3 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

929 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,000

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PLT STATUS OF PX UNKNOWN.GLIDER HAD DUAL FLT CTLS.

Investigator remarks

TOW PLT MADE EMERG RELEASE DUE PWR INTERRUPTION.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2 0768. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0768.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.