# Accident 20060611016009A: Rolsch LS3, Buena Vista, CO, June 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2006, 15:35 local time
- Place: Buena Vista, CO
- Airport: Buena Vista Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8133° N, 106.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8133&lon=-106.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 (registry code 3801213, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLSCH LS3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 232 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060611016009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE DOWN DRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH, CAUSING HIS GLIDER TO IMPACT THE GROUND IN AN OPEN FIELD PRIOR TO REACHING THE INTENDED RUNWAY OF LANDING. HE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 DEN06CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA086), Jun 11, 2006: Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 (N48CW), Buena Vista, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft.

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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