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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK71FJA04

1970-09-11 MOKULEIA, Hawaii, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5703S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33

Year of manufacture

1967 · 3 years old at event

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7513B

Registrant of record

HONOLULU SOARING CLUB INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5703S Schweizer 2-33 Minor

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 · N5703S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DILLINGHAM AFB

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000051

Total time

584 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,775

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T FLEW CLOSE TO RIDGES,R WING HIT TREE 650FT MSL.

Investigator remarks

AUTO-TOWED,UN SUSTAIN LIFT DUE WIND DIRECTION,PL

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 4005. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4005.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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