# NTSB investigations: Rolladen-Schneider LS-3

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA11CA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA206.md): Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 · Winchester, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 24, 2011 · N1359 · Substantial damage
  > The glider pilot's delayed response to changing weather conditions, which resulted in an off-airport landing into trees.
- [NTSB DEN06CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA086.md): Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 · Buena Vista, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 11, 2006 · N48CW · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft.
- [NTSB DEN86LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA107.md): Rolladen-Schneider L53 · Colorado Spring, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1986 · N96JH · Substantial damage
  > The acft was making a landing due to an approaching thunderstorm. On final, the glider encountered moderate to severe turbulence and at 300 ft AGL, the glider was forced onto the ground by a microburst.
- [NTSB DEN84FTM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FTM04.md): Rolladen-Schneider LS3 · Brigham City, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Sep 29, 1984 · N8JN · Substantial damage
  > The acft impacted on a mountain ridge during a 60 deg left bank. The plt had been in radio communication with another glider plt near his flt area. Just prior to the accident he radioed that he was going around a mountain point in search of a thermal. When no…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3801213'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3801213

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