# Incident 20190918022819I: Elan/Glaser Dirks DG-300 ELAN, Minden, NV, September 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N303AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elan/Glaser Dirks DG-300 ELAN (registry code 3805010, https://openairdocs.org/model/elan-glaser-dirks-dg-300-elan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELAN/GLASER DIRKS DG-300 ELAN
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190918022819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT ON TOUCHDOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE GLIDER.

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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