# N3255Y: 1975 Let BLANIK L-13, registration cancelled 2005-11-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 16, 2005
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Let BLANIK L-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (registry code 1360306)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G24EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G24EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 026304
- Year built: 1975
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal, glider
- Airworthiness date: June 29, 1983
- Certificate issued: October 14, 1999
- Last registry action: October 18, 2005
- Mode S code: A38401
- Owner when cancelled: [Classic Soaring Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLASSIC%20SOARING%20INC)
- Location: [Jonesboro, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Jonesboro)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.8423° N, 90.7043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonesboro, AR, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3255Y
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3255Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3255Y-2005-11-16

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Let BLANIK L-13: https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13.md

## NTSB investigations (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 FTW99LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA243), Aug 30, 1999: Let Blanik L-13 (N3255Y), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude during the final approach to landing, resulting in an undershoot, and collision with a power line pole.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19990829046509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990829046509A), Aug 29, 1999: N3255Y, Jonesboro, AR, No damage. (-23)While on a glider pleasure flight with a non pilot passenger the aircraft struck a powerline. The pilot reported that his approach was inititally too…

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