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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA81DYE34

1981-06-24 ISSAQUAH, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2828H Schweizer SGS233 None

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 · N2828H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SKYPORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 12 kt

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000528

Total time

472 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

85

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IDER PLT HAD TO LND BETWEEN ACFT & FENCE.

Investigator remarks

GLIDER ON FINAL. TOW PLANE TAXIED INTO PATH & GL

Cause factors

68/A/K0 A
PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/A/7 A
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 1465. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1465.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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