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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80DLD18

1979-11-23 LAKELAND, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N34185

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-35

Year of manufacture

1975 · 4 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750502

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3C493

Registrant of record

OLCZYK ADAM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N34185 Schweizer SGS135 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 SGS135 · N34185

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000025

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

251

Age

27

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3802. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3802.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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