# Accident 19790506010079A: Let L13BLANIK, Shirley, NY, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48037, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48037-2002-04-02) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FHJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506010079A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER STRUCK VASI DURING LANDING. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ON BOARD.

## 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 NYC79FHJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ11), May 6, 1979: Blanik L-13 (N48037), Shirley, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N48037 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000904043449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904043449A), Sep 4, 2000: Let L13BLANIK (N48037), Wurtsboro, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) Aero tow launched in glider in advance of fast moving cold front, and released over airport at 2500'. Upon pilot realization of severity of weather he…

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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