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MIA79ORJ60

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

Current FAA registration · N2411W

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

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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