# Incident 20031018032829I: Rolsch LS4A, Hope, NJ, October 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Hope, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9121° N, 74.9589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hope, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9121&lon=-74.9589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3YA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3YA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A (registry code 3801251, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLSCH LS4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 44 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031018032829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT BLAIRSTOWN, NJ, AFTER A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, BUT WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF THE FIELD WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST LIFT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO SUITABLE LANDING SITES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. AS A RESULT, HE LANDED IN A CORNFIELD, SHATTERING THE CANOPY AND STRESS FRACTURES IN THE TAILBOOM.

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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