# Incident 19790224007579I: Let L13BLANIK, Llano, CA, February 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1979, 13:23 local time
- Place: Llano, CA
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4847° N, 117.8265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (46CN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4847&lon=-117.8265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90865, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90865-1999-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790224007579I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER WING HIT TWO METAL POLES WHILE TURNING COASTING OFF RUNWAY

## Other reports on N90865 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960810022099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810022099A), Aug 10, 1996: Let L13BLANIK (N90865), Shelton, WA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (.4) After receiving a glider certification on 7/24/96, the pilot (plt) logged about 2.1 hrs in a Let L-13 glider, before flying it solo. The initial solo was…

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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