# Accident 19790620013859A: Vicslb T65A, Minden, NV, June 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1979
- Place: Minden, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9023N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9023N-1983-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vickers-Slingsby T65A (registry code 9480104, https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-slingsby-t65a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICSLB T65A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FXQ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FXQ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620013859A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED THE FOLLOWING DAY BY AN AIR SEARCH. NO WITNESSES.

## 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 OAK79FXQ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FXQ26), Jun 20, 1979: Vickers T-65 (N9023N), Minden, NV, 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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