NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA80DLD15
Registry · N60AS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SZYBOWCOWY ZAKLAD DOSWIADCZALN 41A JANTAR STANDARD
Year of manufacture
1978 · 1 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19731119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7C4F7
Registrant of record
WHITE WINGS SOARING INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
JANTAR STD SZD-41 · N60AS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
GILBERT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
120° / 12 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000B878
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,237
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OF UPDFTS DRG LAST LEG OF ROUND ROBIN.
Investigator remarks
WND GUSTING 15KTS.ENCOUNTERED HEAD WINDS & LACK
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3688.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3688.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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