# Accident 19740405008099A: Let L13BLANIK, Phoenix, AZ, April 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1974
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Turf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N1NV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1NV-1975-05-05) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,926 total, 7 in this make and model, 422 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUJ52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUJ52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740405008099A

## Narrative

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

SIM ROPE BREAK AT LOW ALT. UN LND ON RWY DUE OTR ACFT. INTNTL STALL INTO 3 PRKD ACFT, SUB DMG.

## 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 LAX74FUJ52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUJ52), Apr 5, 1974: Let-Np-K L-13 (N1NV), Phoenix, AZ, destroyed

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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