NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76DHA49
Registry · N1102S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26E
Year of manufacture
1971 · 5 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710331
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02EE2
Registrant of record
BACON ROBERT J
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 SGS126 · N1102S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
VAN SANT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000502
Total time
768 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,039
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LOW ALTITUDE,STALLED TURNING BACK TO AIRPORT.
Investigator remarks
GLIDER PORPOISE AFTER TOW LIFT-OFF. TOW RELEASE
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 2291.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2291.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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