NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78DNC08
Registry · N2432W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19670413
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A23DD7
Registrant of record
STOLUTIONS LLC
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 SGS232 · N2432W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
WARREN SUGERBUSH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
230° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000044
Total time
500 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,000
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOW.UN FIND THERMAL LIFT ENCTRD HEADWINDS LOW ACT.
Investigator remarks
R WING AND WING TIP WHEEL DUG INTO THE CRUSTED 5
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/B A TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED 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 3929.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3929.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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