# Accident 19730804024169A: Let L13BLANIK, Pepperell, MA, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Pepperell, MA
- Airport: Sports Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.6748° N, 71.5922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pepperell, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6748&lon=-71.5922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93220, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93220-1995-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,344 total, 34 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FNA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804024169A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED DOWNWIND,WIND SHIFTED.PLT DID 180,THEN CHNGD MIND AGAIN.OVERSHOT FLD,HIT BUSHES AT DEP END

## 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 NYC74FNA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNA10), Aug 4, 1973: Let Blanik L-13 (N93220), Pepperell, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N93220 (1)

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

- [Incident 19941026046919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941026046919I), Oct 26, 1994: N93220, No 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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