# Accident 19760605014389A: Let L13BLANIK, Ephrata, WA, June 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1976
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Airport: Ephrata
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 47.3081° N, 119.5169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPHRATA MUNI (EPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3081&lon=-119.5169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3460, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3460-2018-08-13) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FYG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYG54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760605014389A

## Narrative

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

DEPLOYED SPOILER STRUCK DIESEL GENERATOR. DOWNDRAFTS IN AREA.

## 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 SEA76FYG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYG54), Jun 5, 1976: Let-Np-K L-13 (N3460), Ephrata, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3460 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730825027839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730825027839A), Aug 25, 1973: Let L13BLANIK (N3460), Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. Flap and spoiler controls colocated,same design.

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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