# Accident 19780923029549A: Let L13BLANIK, Pittstown, PA, September 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1978
- Place: Pittstown, PA
- Airport: Sky Manor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90861, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90861-1993-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-13 BLANIK (registry code 1360305, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-13-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 24 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780923029549A

## Narrative

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

DURING GLIDER TOW,THE GLIDER WAS REL AT 150 FT.THE GLIDER CONTD CING RT TURN.STALL SPIN.

## 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 NYC78FHA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA39), Sep 23, 1978: Blanik L-3 (N90861), Pittstown, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N90861 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920926038849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920926038849A), Sep 26, 1992: Let L13BLANIK (N90861), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Substantial damage. Downdraft on final. Struck trees and crashed.

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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