- Date
- June 29, 1966
- Place
- Fernley, NV · FERNLEY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4155Skylark-4 T50
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171303
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1460 66/6/29 NR.FERNLEY NEV SKYLARK-4 T50 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1389 TIME - 1935 N4155 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GLIDER CROSS COUNTRY CONTEST-ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT AND GUSTY CROSSWIND ON LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4155
- Reported as
- Skylark-4 T50
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed