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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75DHA37

1975-03-26 BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2740Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640518

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2B7C8

Registrant of record

BRINER MARK E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2740Z Schweizer SGS126 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 SGS126 · N2740Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET

Wind

315° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000257

Total time

525 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

238

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

H.L WING HIT FENCE POST.

Investigator remarks

TOW ROPE BROKE.ACFT ENCTRD WIND GUST DRG LDG APC

Cause factors

76/C/CE C
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/54 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
82/K/M K
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0536. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0536.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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