# Accident 19840526025019A: Rolsch LS4, Pepperell, MA, May 26, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1984, 14:05 local time
- Place: Pepperell, MA
- Airport: Pepperell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6962° N, 71.5501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PEPPERELL (26MA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6962&lon=-71.5501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N245JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A (registry code 3801251, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLSCH LS4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 79 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526025019A

## Narrative

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

WING STRUCK A HIGH CLUMP OF GRASS ON TAKEOFF TOW. RELEASED AND GLIDER GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 NYC84LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA188), May 26, 1984: Rolladen-Schneider LS-4A (N245JD), Pepperell, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N245JD (1)

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

- [Accident 19940807020339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940807020339A), Aug 7, 1994: Rolsch LS4 (N245JD), Cannan, NH, Substantial damage. Circling in thermal near ridge. Lost thermal. Entered high sink rate. Stalled avoiding ridge. Dropped into trees.

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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