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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FHA09

1979-02-03 BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N33986 Schweizer SGS233 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 SGS233 · N33986

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EY

Operator type

D

Airport

BLAIRSTOWN

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 10 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000386

Total time

876 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,965

Age

63

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RETURN TO ARPT.

Investigator remarks

FIXED CENTER TIRE. TOW LINE BROKE. PLT ATMTD TO

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 0186. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0186.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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