# Incident 20020728019099I: Glaser DG500MB, Richland, WA, July 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Richland, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2857° N, 119.2845° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richland, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2857&lon=-119.2845&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dg-Flugzeugbau DG-500MB (registry code 3802554, https://openairdocs.org/model/dg-flugzeugbau-dg-500mb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG500MB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 994 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020728019099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT IS A MOTORIZED GLIDER. THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY IS RAISED AND LOWERED BY A MOTORIZED LINEAR. THE JACKSCREW OF THE ACTUATOR FAILED AND ALLOWED THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND PROPELLER TO MAKE AN ABRUPT AND UNCOMMANDED RETRACTION WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT. A SAFETY RECOMMENDATIO N IS PLANNED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO AIR-100.

## Other reports on N505JL (1)

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

- [Accident 20120624012789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120624012789A), Jun 24, 2012: Dg-Flugzeugbau Gmbh DG-500MB (N505JL), Richland, WA, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Was completing his 90 day currency in the motor glider and on his final approach to runway 26 with the engine stowed at Richland, WA…

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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