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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67F0184

1966-08-09 WARREN, Vermont, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9924J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B

Year of manufacture

1966 · 0 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660425

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADDCFE

Registrant of record

HOOD RIVER SOARING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9924J SCHWEITZER SGS126 Minor

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

SCHWEITZER SGS126 · N9924J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C8

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SUGARBUSH

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

31 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

30

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RELEASING AUTO TOW LINE.

Investigator remarks

PILOT MADE STEEP CLIMBING TURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2129. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2129.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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