NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71AN049
Registry · N3899A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 1-23G
Year of manufacture
1958 · 12 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580829
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4804D
Registrant of record
FOX WAYNE G
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
SCHWEIZER SGS1 · N3899A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
280° / 20 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000038
Total time
610 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
151
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CFT RECOVERED 10/20/70.
Investigator remarks
PLT ABANDONED ACFT TOO LOW FOR CHUTE TO DEPLOY.A
Cause factors
- 64/C/09 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 64/C/05 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE Cause
- 70/C/D4 C AIRFRAME VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS Cause
- 70/C/D1 C AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 82/C/M C WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 2486.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2486.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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