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Incident

FAA incident report · Glaser DG-400 · Santa Rosa, CA · September 19, 1988

Date
September 19, 1988 · 16:12 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N45DG
Reported as
Glaser DG400
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total600 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Chose to land motor glider in field due to fire fighting aircraft in trail with higher speed. Didnt want to delay it

As the FAA filed it

CHOSE TO LAND MOTOR GLIDER IN FIELD DUE TO FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT IN TRAIL WITH HIGHER SPEED.DIDNT WANT TO DELAY IT

Other reports on N45DG · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.