Vickers T-65 N9023N
20 June 1979 · Minden, Nevada, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 20 June 1979 at about 14:15 local time, a Vickers T-65 registered N9023N, operated by Sprague Aviati, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Minden, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Minden, Nevada, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Vickers T-65
- Registration
- N9023N
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Sprague Aviati
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Unknown/Not Reported
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Light
- Unknown/Not Reported
- NTSB number
- 3-1181
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
SINGLE UNIT RETRACTABLE GEAR.WRECKAGE FOUND IN MOUNTAINS ONE DAY AFTER DEPARTURE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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