# Accident 19800726037089A: Let L13BLANIK, Adelanto, CA, July 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Adelanto, CA
- Airport: Adelanto
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5375° N, 117.4606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADELANTO (52CL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5375&lon=-117.4606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3465, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3465-2023-09-25) (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: 57 total, 40 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800726037089A

## Narrative

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

TOW ROPE BROKE ON GLIDER. GLIDER HIT TREE-TOP TRYING TO GET BACK ON RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX80FUG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG49), Jul 26, 1980: Blanik L-13 (N3465), Adelanto, CA, substantial damage

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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