# Incident 19960711020409I: Glaser DG400, Minden, NV, July 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N141BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N141BM-2026-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks DG-400 (registry code 3802510, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 505 (registry code 55584, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-505) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960711020409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 12:20 PILOT CALLED IN: RUDOLF ROZENDALE, USA #2541063 NETHERLANDS. HIS VERBAL REPORT WAS AS FOLLOWS: COMING IN FROM PYRAMID LAKE AT 15K FEET, OVER CARSON CITY AT 12K FEET MINDEN WAS IN THE SUNLIGHT AND NO RAIN. ALMOST TO MINDEN WENT INTO SHADOW AND SAW RAIN SHOWER, CALLED DOUGLAS COUNTY RADIO REPEATEDLY AND NO RESPONSE, SAW A NEPTUNE WATER TANKER USING RUNWAY 34 AND A GLIDER USING RUNWAY 34 FOLLOWED THEM. AT 3 K FEET ABOVE FIELD STARTED IN DOWNWIND AT 1700 FEET TURNED ON FINAL AND WAS HIT BY HEAVY RAIN AND AT ABOUT 30 TO 40 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WAS HIT BY A MICRO BURST AND TRIED TO MAKE TAXI WAY ENDED UP ON SMALL BUSH AND THEN SLID INTO SHALLOW DITCH. NO INJURIES, SCRATCHES UNDERWING AND A SMALL HOLE APPROXIMATELY 3" IN DIAMETER, TAIL WHEEL BROKEN.

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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