# Accident 19730709020229A: Let L13BLANIK, Phoenix, AZ, July 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1973
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Turf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.4632° N, 111.7287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TURF (AZ39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4632&lon=-111.7287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5573, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5573-1974-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-13 BLANIK (registry code 1360305, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-13-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 189 total, 140 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730709020229A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER.SPOILERS EXTNDD PRIOR TO TKOF.RELEASED BY TOWPLANE AT LO ALT.

## 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 LAX74DUJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ03), Jul 9, 1973: Let-Np-K L-13 (N5573), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage

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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