# N400FJ: Glaser-Dirks DG-400, registration cancelled 2000-04-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 6, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Glaser-Dirks DG-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-400) (registry code 3802510)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G52EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G52EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 4-78
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Certificate issued: March 6, 1985
- Last registry action: June 18, 1997
- Mode S code: A4AD27
- Owner when cancelled: [Jacobs Frederick L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JACOBS%20FREDERICK%20L)
- Location: [Wethersfield, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Wethersfield)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 41.7026° N, 72.6697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06109, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400FJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=400FJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400FJ-2000-04-06

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Glaser-Dirks DG-400: https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-400.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC99LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA102), May 1, 1999: Glaser-Dirks DG-400 (N400FJ), New Milford, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: The manufacturer's use of inadequate adhesive material which resulted in the de-bonding and subsequent failure of the wing spar pin-lock assembly.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19990501004359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990501004359A), May 1, 1999: N400FJ, New Milford, CT, Destroyed. Acft left wing broke off while in flight at 6,000 feet, the pilot parachuted to safety, and the acft crashed and was destroyed, other circumstances are…

## Other aircraft with N400FJ

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400FJ): Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, S/N 1494, built 2002

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