# N7LR: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4a) (registry code 3801251, 1 seats) - Data sheets: [TCDS G45EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G45EU) (DG Aviation GmbH) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 4087 - Type: Glider - Engine type: None - Airworthiness: Experimental, racing - Airworthiness date: August 15, 1984 - Certificate issued: March 1, 2023 - Expires: March 31, 2030 - Mode S code: A950E6 - Registered owner: [Argentina Trade Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ARGENTINA%20TRADE%20INC) - Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.7236° N, 75.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19801, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7LR - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7LR From the FAA registry file of October 22, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 3 in force ### Matched by airframe (Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A) - [AD 2001-01-11](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2001-01-11): Airbrake Locking Bracket · Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau LS 4 and LS 4a. Effective Mar 9, 2001 - [AD 98-22-14](https://openairdocs.org/ad/98-22-14): Forward Elevator Mounting Brackets · Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau LS 3-A, LS 4 and LS 4a. Effective Dec 14, 1998 - [AD 85-03-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/85-03-02): Air Brake · Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau LS 4 and LS 4a. Effective Feb 25, 1985 ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations (2) 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 WPR19LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA181), Jun 29, 2019: Rolladen Schneider LS4 (N7LR), Moriarty, NM, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight cardiac event which necessitated an emergency landing, and which the pilot succumbed to. - [NTSB BFO91LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA084), Sep 16, 1991: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4A (N7LR), Clifton Forge, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF ALTITUDE, DISTANCE AND SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN LANDING OVERSHOOT. ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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. - [Accident 20190629008419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008419A), Jun 29, 2019: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A (N7LR), Morarity, NM, Minor damage, 1 fatal. On June 6, 2019 at 1500 MDT, a Rolladen-Schneider ls 4A registered to [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted], landed off airport 10 NM on a bearing… - [Accident 19910916040079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910916040079A), Sep 16, 1991: Rolsch LS4 (N7LR), Clifton Forge, VA, Substantial damage. Ran out of lift on crosscountry flight. Turned too soon into a field and overshot. Put glider in trees to stop. ## Service difficulty reports None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. ## Service difficulty reports on N7LR not matched to an aircraft (3) They name N7LR, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [SDR 2021F00312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2021F00312), Nov 8, 2021: NONE. NONE. BATTERY PACK AT DOOR 1R DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY , REPLACED BATERY PACK IAW AMM 33-51-06 - [SDR 2021F00311](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2021F00311), Nov 8, 2021: NONE. NONE. BATTERY PACK AT DOOR 1R DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-51-06 - [SDR 2021F00373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2021F00373), Nov 8, 2021: NONE. NONE. BATTERY PACK AT DOOR 1R DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. BATTERY PACK AT DOOR 1R REPLACED IAW AMM 33-51-06. SEE AML MIC 9613325 ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) None matched to this aircraft's models. ## Related - Other Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4a/aircraft.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.