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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FHM17

1978-05-18 TETERBORO, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22GW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TEMCO GC-1B

Year of manufacture

1949 · 29 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360-A (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110330

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1DF53

Registrant of record

SCHNEIDER DAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22GW Swearingen SA26AT None

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

SWEARINGEN SA26AT · N22GW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

TETERBORO

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000T29-169

Total time

3,288 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,400

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION.

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHL STEERING RIGHT SWITCH, P/N 26-53314-3,

Cause factors

70/C/CP C
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause
70/C/CN C
AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause
88/C/CS C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STUCK Cause
80/B/BF B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0948. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0948.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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