# Incident 20000808028699I: Rolsch LS4, Minden, NV, August 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2000, 10:50 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N45TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 (registry code 3801250, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLSCH LS4
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 8 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000808028699I

## Narrative

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

(-23)N45TH SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE MIDEN-TAHOE AIRPORT. NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AFT LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN FROM FATIGUE.  ON THIS MAKE OF GLIDER, THE TOW ROPE ATTACT FITTING IS MOUNTED TO THE LANDING GEAR.  WHEN THE LANDING GEAR REPEATEDLY IS RETRACTED DURING TOW, THE DOWN LOCK MECHANISM SUFFERS A LARGE AMOUNT OF STRAIN AND WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL AS DID THIS ONE.  THE GLIDER IS PLACARDED AGAINST RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR DURING TOW OPERATIONS.

## Other reports on N45TH (1)

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

- [Incident 19950404011399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950404011399I), Apr 4, 1995: Rolsch LS4 (N45TH), Minden, NV, Minor damage. Narrative: while landing N45TH (rosch-LS-4) glider on runway 30 at Douglas County Airport, Minden, NV, Mr. Jarding lost control in a wind gust, departed the…

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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