NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK72DVG44
Registry · N28DD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32
Year of manufacture
1965 · 7 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650724
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2CBF1
Registrant of record
SUNDALE SOARING LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 SGS232 · N28DD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
VACAVILLE ARPT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 5 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000020
Total time
653 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,576
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ARPT. PLT WAS LATE IN DETECTING WIND CHANGE.
Investigator remarks
SKID,WHEEL EQPD.WND SHIFTED,DECREASED,UN RET.TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/T J WEATHER ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 1596.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1596.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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