# NTSB OAK67D0003: Skylark-4 T50, N4155, Fernley, NV, June 29, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 29, 1966
- Place: Fernley, NV · FERNLEY, NV
- Location: 39.6080° N, 119.2518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fernley, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6080&lon=-119.2518&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171303
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67D0003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67D0003

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKYLARK-4 T50
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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