# NTSB NYC83LA024: Rolladen-Schneider LS-1D, N81MP, North Conway, NH, November 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1982, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place: North Conway, NH
- Location: 44.0357° N, 71.1172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Conway, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0357&lon=-71.1172&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72034
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72034/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA024

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER A TOW-RELEASE AT ABOUT 2,000 FT THE PLT ENCOUNTERED A SINK WHICH EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED INTO ABOUT A 1,000 FPM SINK. THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE DURING THE FORCED LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N81MP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER LS-1D
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 108
- Airframe hours: 508
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John A. Carter
- Registered owner: John A. Carter
- Departed: NORTH CONWAY, NH
- Destination: NORTH CONWAY, NH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 206 total, 151 in this make and model, 175 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821106057729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821106057729A), Nov 6, 1982: Rolsch LS1B, North Conway, NH, Destroyed. Encountered high sink rate. Struck a fence on forced landing in a residential area.

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.

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