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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70DFM15

1970-06-08 OAKHAM, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N91881

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-23C

Year of manufacture

1952 · 18 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570604

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACB7ED

Registrant of record

BURNS ROBERT A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N91881 Schweizer SGS123 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 SGS123 · N91881

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

HILLER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000018

Total time

1,096 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

68

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IT RUTS AND ROCKS.

Investigator remarks

WHEEL EQUIPPED.LNDD IN UNPREPARED FARM PASTURE H

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 2583. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2583.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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