NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA69D0079
Registry · N50796
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 2-8
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19901001
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A657A3
Registrant of record
FRONIUS DOUGLAS L
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 SGS2-8 · N50796
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
BRADLEY
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
2,630 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
117
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ING IN ALFALFA DURING LNDG. WINDS 15K,GUSTING.
Investigator remarks
DOWNDRAFTS PREVENTED RETURN TO FLD. PLT CAUGHT W
Cause factors
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 3672.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3672.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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