# Accident 20190629008419A: Rolladen-Schneider LS 4A, Morarity, NM, June 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Morarity, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8378° N, 106.1136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8378&lon=-106.1136&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: ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER LS 4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 19 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008419A

## Narrative

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

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 OF 210 DEGREES FROM MORARITY AIRPORT, MORARITY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS DECEASED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORARITY, NEW MEXICO ON JUNE 6, 2019. AT 1345 MDT.

## 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 WPR19LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA181), Jun 29, 2019: Rolladen Schneider LS4 (N7LR), Moriarty, NM, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight cardiac event which necessitated an emergency landing, and which the pilot succumbed to.

## Other reports on N7LR (1)

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

- [Accident 19910916040079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910916040079A), Sep 16, 1991: Rolsch LS4 (N7LR), Clifton Forge, VA, Substantial damage. Ran out of lift on crosscountry flight. Turned too soon into a field and overshot. Put glider in trees to stop.

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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