# Accident 19740816026079A: Let L13BLANIK, Little Lake, CA, August 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1974
- Place: Little Lake, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.9366° N, 117.9067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9366&lon=-117.9067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8250 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 210 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVW04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVW04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740816026079A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FORCED DWN DUE TO SINKING AIR MASS AND HIT DIRT MOUND ON LNDG NEXT TO DRY LAKE BED.

## 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 OAK75DVW04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVW04), Aug 16, 1974: Let-Np-K L-13 (N8250), Little Lake, CA, 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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