# Accident 19731007029839A: Let L13BLANIK, Erwinna, PA, October 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1973
- Place: Erwinna, PA
- Airport: Van Sant
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.4843° N, 75.0996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANSANT (9N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4843&lon=-75.0996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90598, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90598-2013-05-17) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 4 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DHA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731007029839A

## Narrative

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

TURNED OFF AIRPORT TO AVOID COLLISION WITH ANOTHER GLIDER ALSO ON FINAL APPROACH.

## 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 NYC74DHA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHA12), Oct 7, 1973: Blanik L-13 (N90598), Erwinna, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N90598 (1)

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

- [Accident 19781007041939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781007041939A), Oct 7, 1978: Let L13BLANIK (N90598), Warren, VT, Substantial damage. Single wheel.

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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