# Incident 20020601017929I: Rolsch LS4A, Kresgeville, PA, June 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Kresgeville, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8970° N, 75.5030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kresgeville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8970&lon=-75.5030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A (registry code 3801251, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLSCH LS4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 271 total, 13 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020601017929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED PHILADELPHIA GLIDERPORT ON CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT IN A GLIDER. AFTER 3.5 HOURS ALOFT, PILOT LOST LIFT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND GLIDER IN A PLOWED FIELD. AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WINGTIP DUG INTO GROUND, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO GLIDER. NO INJURIES.

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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