NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75FNC15
Registry · N1228S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A
Year of manufacture
1971 · 3 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710611
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A05EA1
Registrant of record
CONNECTICUT SOARING ASSOCIATION INC
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 SGS233 · N1228S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WARREN-SUGARBUSH
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 18 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000213
Total time
1,135 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,794
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BY MOVEMENT OF SHOCK MOUNTED INSTRUMENT PANEL
Investigator remarks
PREMATURE RELEASE SYS OF GLIDER CAN BE ACTIVATED
Cause factors
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/A/CE A INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/K J WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 4257.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_4257.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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