# Accident 19910604022359A: Glaser DG200, Marshallville, GA, June 4, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1991, 16:30 local time
- Place: Marshallville, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4505° N, 83.9393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4505&lon=-83.9393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N202DG-2013-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-200 (registry code 3802506, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-flugzeugbau-dg-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 647 total, 19 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910604022359A

## Narrative

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

LOST THERMALS ON CROSSCOUNTRY. DESCENDED IN SPIRAL. FAILED TO RECOVER TIMELY. WING HIT GROUND. GLIDER CARTWHEELED.

## 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 ATL91LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA106), Jun 4, 1991: Glaser-Dirks DG-200 (N202DG), Marshallville, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. A FACTOR WAS THE LOSS OF THERMAL LIFTING ACTION.

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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