- Date
- June 20, 1979
- Place
- Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9023NVickers T-65
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790620013859A
- Case key
- 136257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1181 79/6/20 MINDEN,NV VICKERS T-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N9023N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 1700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- SINGLE UNIT RETRACTABLE GEAR.WRECKAGE FOUND IN MOUNTAINS ONE DAY AFTER DEPARTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9023N
- Reported as
- Vickers T-65
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9023NRegistration cancelled Feb 10, 1983 · Vickers-Slingsby T65AAirframe modelVickers-Slingsby T65AEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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