# Accident 19750807025339A: Let L13BLANIK, Carefree, AZ, August 7, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1975
- Place: Carefree, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.8232° N, 111.9133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carefree, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8232&lon=-111.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99970, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99970-2001-05-09) (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: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUJ14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750807025339A

## Narrative

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

LND IN DESERT. MISC-UNABLE TO LOCATE THERMALS.

## 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 LAX76DUJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUJ14), Aug 7, 1975: Blanik L-13 (N99970), Carefree, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N99970 (1)

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

- [Accident 19950903030819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950903030819A), Sep 3, 1995: Let L13BLANIK (N99970), White Bear Lake, MN, Substantial damage. Struck power lines on approach. Came to rest wing caught by power line. Pilot reported misused spoilers. (-23) during the landing phase to Benson Airport…

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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