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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK71AP038

1971-04-10 MINDEN, Nevada, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N10364

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH WING UUM INC SPORT X2

Year of manufacture

2009

Engine

ROTAX 582UL-99 (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20090910

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01320

Registrant of record

WILBUR EVERETT L JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N10364 Schweizer SGS123 Fatal

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 SGS123 · N10364

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 20 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000047

Total time

1,348 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

92

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

XYGEN SYS MALFUNCTION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.

Investigator remarks

HI ALT FLT.GLIDER AT 19000 FT MSL SAW BREAK UP.O

Cause factors

64/C/64 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause
88/C/68 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYPOXIA Cause
88/C/94 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

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 4237. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4237.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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