# NTSB OAK79FXQ26: Vickers T-65, N9023N, Minden, NV, June 20, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 20, 1979
- Place: Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136257
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79FXQ26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FXQ26

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9023N-1983-02-10), registration cancelled 1983-02-10, S/N 1899, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICKERS T-65
- Registry model: [Vickers-Slingsby T65A](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-slingsby-t65a) (registry code 9480104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790620013859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620013859A), Jun 20, 1979: Vicslb T65A, Minden, NV, Destroyed. Glider on a cross country flight. Wreckage was located the following day by an air search. No witnesses.

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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