# Accident 19810412018199A: Let L13BLANIK, Fremont, CA, April 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Fremont, CA
- Airport: Sky Sailing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4970° N, 121.9621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sky Sailing Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4970&lon=-121.9621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53AS-2021-10-30) (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: 410 total, 32 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412018199A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT MISJUDGED APROACH TO RUNWAY, IMPACTED EMBANKMENT SHORT OF RUNWAY.  POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT IN AREA.

## 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 LAX81FVD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD19), Apr 12, 1981: Blanik L-13 (N53AS), Fremont, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53AS (2)

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

- [Accident 20040523007709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040523007709A), May 23, 2004: Let L13BLANIK (N53AS), Sparks, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 23, 2004 at approximately 1900 PDT, Mr. Norman j. freitas entered the traffic pattern for runway 3 at air Sailing airport, NV in a blanik L-13,…
- [Accident 19910804061919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910804061919A), Aug 4, 1991: Let L13BLANIK (N53AS), Byron, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of thermals,began return. Unable. Landed in field with tall weeds and struck a ditch.

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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