Plane Crash List

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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