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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Let L13BLANIK · Clearwater, FL · March 30, 1979

Date
March 30, 1979 · 16:30 local
Place
Clearwater, FL
Airport
Executive
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N83AS
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FLD54
Reported as
Let L13BLANIK
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16 total16 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Glider pilot landed short, hit bushes. Claimed spoilers would not retract. No evidence of spoiler malfunction found

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER PILOT LANDED SHORT, HIT BUSHES. CLAIMED SPOILERS WOULD NOT RETRACT. NO EVIDENCE OF SPOILER MALFUNCTION FOUND

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.