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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75DCD05

1974-07-27 GREENFIELD, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N91858

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22C

Year of manufacture

1947 · 27 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570604

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACB78B

Registrant of record

CRANK R WAYNE JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N91858 Schweizer 2-22 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 2-22 · N91858

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GREENFIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000029

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

310

Age

46

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 2099. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2099.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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