# Accident 19760207002179A: Slnsby T51, Milpitas, CA, February 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1976
- Place: Milpitas, CA
- Airport: Sky Sailing
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.4970° N, 121.9621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sky Sailing Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4970&lon=-121.9621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6569C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6569C-1976-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Slingsby DART T.51 (registry code 8320602, https://openairdocs.org/model/slingsby-dart-t-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SLNSBY T51
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total, 2 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760207002179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SINGLE WHEEL SAILPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK76AP042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP042), Feb 7, 1976: Slingsby T51 (N6569C), Milpitas, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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