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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FGM49

1978-09-02 FREEPORT, Pennsylvania, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N33941

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A

Year of manufacture

1975 · 3 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750714

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3BA3C

Registrant of record

GEHRLEIN RODNEY L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N33941 Schweizer 2-33 Serious

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 2-33 · N33941

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

CADOGAN

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000401

Total time

492 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

21

Age

52

Investigator remarks

GLIDER SINGLE WHEEL.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 3344. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3344.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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