# Accident 19771027041149A: Let L13BLANIK, Pensacola, FL, October 27, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1977
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Coastal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 30.5319° N, 87.3853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Coastal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5319&lon=-87.3853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779-2017-02-04) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 13 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771027041149A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER OUT OF POSITION BEHIND TOW PLANE AND RELEASED. SPOILERS FOUND EXTENDED.

## 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 MIA78FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA008), Oct 27, 1977: Let-Np-K L-13 (N779), Pensacola, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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