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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Glaser DG-400 · Weston, OR · June 14, 1997

Date
June 14, 1997 · 15:20 local
Place
Weston, OR
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N321V
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA97LA142
Reported as
Glaser DG400
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX505
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,812 total21 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Powered glider unalbe restart after thermaling. Too low retract. Engine no flaps landed fast and hard. Ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

POWERED GLIDER UNALBE RESTART AFTER THERMALING. TOO LOW RETRACT. ENGINE NO FLAPS LANDED FAST AND HARD. GROUND LOOPED.

NTSB investigation

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