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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FGT26

1976-08-03 FREDERICKSBURG, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2440W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33

Year of manufacture

1967 · 9 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670324

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A24148

Registrant of record

BELTZVILLE SOARING CLUB

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 · N2440W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FARMERS PRIDE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000008

Total time

1,419 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,244

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GHT CAUSING LOSS OF VERT STAB AND RUDDER.

Investigator remarks

VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR PN26711-21 FAILED INFLI

Cause factors

70/A/D1 A
AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/D4 A
AIRFRAME VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2895. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2895.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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