# N342BA: 1999 Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, registration cancelled 2020-10-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 31, 2020
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK](https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-23-super-blanik) (registry code 1360308)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G60EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G60EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 998418
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, utility
- Airworthiness date: June 5, 1999
- Certificate issued: May 18, 1999
- Last registry action: March 17, 2017
- Mode S code: A3C4D6
- Owner when cancelled: [Civil Air Patrol](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CIVIL%20AIR%20PATROL)
- Location: [Maxwell Afb, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Maxwell%20Afb)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.3809° N, 86.3637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 36112, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N342BA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=342BA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N342BA-2020-10-31

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 L-23 SUPER BLANIK: https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-23-super-blanik.md

## NTSB investigations (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 (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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