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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79ORJ60

1979-08-12 MONTEVALLO, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2411W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22E

Year of manufacture

1966 · 13 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660713

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A23646

Registrant of record

KRAMER DEAN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2411W Schweizer SGU222 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 SGU222 · N2411W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

FLYING-X

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 8 kt

Temp

92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000249

Total time

1,659 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

135

Age

38

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH

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 2374. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2374.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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