# Accident 19910916040079A: Rolsch LS4, Clifton Forge, VA, September 16, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1991, 15:45 local time
- Place: Clifton Forge, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8233° N, 79.8252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clifton Forge, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8233&lon=-79.8252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7LR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7LR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A (registry code 3801251, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLSCH LS4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 261 total, 163 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO91LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910916040079A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF LIFT ON CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT. TURNED TOO SOON INTO A FIELD AND OVERSHOT. PUT GLIDER IN TREES TO STOP.

## 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 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.

## Other reports on N7LR (1)

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

- [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…

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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