# Accident 20080723841929A: Glaser DG100G, Truckee, CA, July 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2008, 13:30 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3200° N, 120.1394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3200&lon=-120.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N132S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100G (registry code 3802504, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-flugzeugbau-dg-100g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG100G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 695 total, 189 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080723841929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN AERO TOW, THE TOW LINE RELEASED UNCOMMANDED FROM THE GLIDER AT 150 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. DURING POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, THE UNDERSIGNED INSPECTOR WAS ABLE TO CAUSE AN UNCOMMANDED RELEASE OF THE TOW ROPE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TIMES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA242), Jul 23, 2008: Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100G (N132S), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A malfunction of the tow release mechanism.

## Other reports on N132S (1)

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

- [Accident 19900828038719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900828038719A), Aug 28, 1990: Glaser DG100G (N132S), Vacaville, CA, Substantial damage. Tractor drove in front of landing sailplane. Pilot altered course and struck rotating prop of towplane.

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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