# Accident 19781022034539A: Let L13BLANIK, Cypress, TX, October 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1978
- Place: Cypress, TX
- Airport: Cypress
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 29.9691° N, 95.6972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cypress, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9691&lon=-95.6972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84AS-2013-02-27) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781022034539A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW79DRA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA01), Oct 22, 1978: Let-Np-K L-13 (N84AS), Cypress, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N84AS (1)

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

- [Incident 19911005050749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911005050749I), Oct 5, 1991: Let L13BLANIK (N84AS), Lock Haven, PA, Minor damage. Glider was flying in ridge lift. Ended up in sink. Glider was over wooded area and had to land in trees.

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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