NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC71AK019
Registry · N5026S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 7ECA
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790921
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A64499
Registrant of record
SCHWENKER JERRY D
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
PIPER PA-28R · N5026S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SIDNEY
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
54° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00028R-35742
Total time
237 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
675
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T ARPT.
Investigator remarks
CV-580 LND PREVIOUSLY. WIND CALM. NO CTL TOWER A
Cause factors
- 64/C/47 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE Cause
- 84/C/1 C MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE 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 1647.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1647.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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