# Accident 19730512013849A: Let L13BLANIK, Plymouth, MA, May 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1973
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12YA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12YA-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 279 total, 7 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FNA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNA48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730512013849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT OPS MANUAL-BEST GLIDE SPEED 47MPH.STRONG WIND NML OR HVY SINK,ADD WIND SPEED TO GLIDE SPEED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 NYC73FNA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNA48), May 12, 1973: Blanik L-13 (N12YA), Plymouth, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N12YA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060902026529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902026529A), Sep 2, 2006: Let L13BLANIK (N12YA), Union, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Entered downwind at 800' agl-noticed abnormal sink rate 10 seconds after turning downwind-choose to "cut it short" with a displaced base leg half way…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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