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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Glaser DG400 · Alamogordo, NM · November 26, 1994

Date
November 26, 1994 · 12:10 local
Place
Alamogordo, NM
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7020P
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW95LA054
Reported as
Glaser DG400
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,222 total2 in this make and model7 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.

Encountered severe turbulence near ridge. Entered spin. Recovered at low altitude. Wing hit tree. Settled in trees

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE NEAR RIDGE. ENTERED SPIN. RECOVERED AT LOW ALTITUDE. WING HIT TREE. SETTLED IN TREES

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.