# Accident 19770515012269A: Let L13BLANIK, Kendallville, IN, May 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1977
- Place: Kendallville, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.4434° N, 85.2582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kendallville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4434&lon=-85.2582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2973, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2973-2019-07-16) (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: 14 total, 10 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77DET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DET14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770515012269A

## Narrative

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

RELEASED FRM TOW PLANE,TOO SLOW. SPOILERS USED DRG TKOF & LDG.

## 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 CHI77DET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DET14), May 15, 1977: Let-Np-K L-13 (N2973), Kendallville, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2973 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990904029479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990904029479I), Sep 4, 1999: Let L13BLANIK (N2973), Wadsworth, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Departing on runway 28 at Wadsworth muni airport (3G3) during a routine glider tow, the tow plane N8996S was not producing full power and after reaching…

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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