At 02:07 22 July 2014, wrote:
On Monday, July 21, 2014 6:06:26 PM UTC-7, JJ Sinclair wrote:
FOUR pilots have hit the cliff at Truckee, two in G-103's, one in a
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0 and Bill.

I know a DG-300 hit the cliff, if there was a DG-200 it was yet another
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ident. To be fair, one of those G103s had the spoilers jam full open on
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nal, and a DG-400 also hit the cliff with one spoiler jammed open. One
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uld also include those who stalled and pancaked in at the threshold of
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0 during a low approach, I would be one (cracked the tailwheel and
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ted the lower rudder hinge), another was a 2-33 (pretty extensively
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), and I vaguely remember at least one more.

2 cases of spoilers jamming open, co-incidentally at an airfield where
being short is critical. In 50 years of gliding I have never actually heard
of a case of spoilers jamming open before. Weird you might think.