# N342BA: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: October 31, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=342BA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N342BA

## Aircraft that carried N342BA

- [Cancelled 2020-10-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N342BA-2020-10-31): Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, S/N 998418, built 1999. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Civil Air Patrol](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CIVIL%20AIR%20PATROL), [Maxwell Afb, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Maxwell%20Afb)

## NTSB investigations on N342BA (2)

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 GAA17CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA427), Jul 21, 2017: Let L23 (N342BA), Deatsville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees and power lines while landing.
- [NTSB ERA14LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA341), Jul 14, 2014: Let L 23 Super Blanik (N342BA), Warm Springs, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the flight instructor to move his glider from an active runway in accordance with procedures due to his distraction by having a conversation with the air boss, which resulted in the…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N342BA (2)

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.

- [Accident 20170721009139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170721009139A), Jul 21, 2017: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (N342BA), Deatsville, AL, Substantial damage. A 16 year old student pilot departed Wetumpka Airport on his second solo flight of the day and third total flight of the day, in a blanik glider owned by civil…
- [Accident 20140714013662A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140714013662A), Jul 14, 2014: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (N342BA), Warm Springs, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft 1 landed and rolled out to the 1,000' point. Crew was debriefing in the aircraft waiting for takeoff. Aircraft two was on short final when the wind…

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