# Incident 19911102056059I: Grob G103ATWINII, Minden, NV, November 2, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1991, 13:25 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N794G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N794G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO (registry code 1660206, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103a-twin-ii-acro) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103ATWINII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 80 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911102056059I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER CANOPY OPENED DURING TAKEOFF AND UNABLE TO LATCH. HELD IT SHUT. ON RELEASE PILOT LANDED. LATCH DID NOT FAIL.

## Other reports on N794G (2)

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

- [Accident 20100822042189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100822042189A), Aug 22, 2010: Burkhart Gr G-103A TWIN (N794G), Minden, NV, Substantial damage. Glider. The pilot stated the following: that he flew the pattern for runway 30. That he felt he was "a little bit high." That he reduced altitude using the…
- [Accident 20061227028769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061227028769A), Dec 27, 2006: Grob G103ATWINII (N794G), Minden, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 27, 2006 N794G departed Minden tahoe airport for an instructional flight at about 1215 hours. The pilot reported that the flight was in…

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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