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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69D0274

1968-10-31 WARREN, Vermont, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9912J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32

Year of manufacture

1966 · 2 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660505

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD901

Registrant of record

AUTOMOTIVE MARINE SPECIALISTS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9912J Schweizer SGS232 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 SGS232 · N9912J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

WARREN

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

360° / 15 kt

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Total time

450 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

611

Age

21

Investigator remarks

DIVE BRAKE FROZE IN FLT. ACFT STRUCK FENCE POST.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
75/L/CU L
SYSTEMS SPEED BRAKE SYSTEM
88/L/89 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FROZEN, MOISTURE
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
82/L/F L
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 4335. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4335.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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