# Accident 19900922042229A: Glaser DG400, Truckee, CA, September 22, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1990, 18:40 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N567DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N567DA-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks DG-400 (registry code 3802510, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG400
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 552 total, 365 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90DXQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DXQ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922042229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

A SPOILER BECAME DISCONNECTED AND REMAINED DEPLOYED. STALL ON LANDING. CRASHED SHORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX90DXQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DXQ05), Sep 23, 1990: Glaser-Dirks DG 400/17 (N567DA), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE UNCOMMANDED DEPLOYMENT OF THE RIGHT SPOILER SYSTEM DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A SPRING PIN NOT FITTED TO THE QUICK DISCONNECT AS RECOMMENDED WHICH RESULTED IN THE PILOT LOSING CONTROL OF THE GLIDER…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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