What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Za glider pilot lost direction. Landed in wheat field.
As the FAA filed it
ZA GLIDER PILOT LOST DIRECTION. LANDED IN WHEAT FIELD.
FAA incident report · Let L13BLANIK · Poplar Grove, IL · July 18, 1981
- Date
- July 18, 1981 · 12:12 local
- Place
- Poplar Grove, IL
- Phase of flight
- Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N99868
- Reported as
- Let L13BLANIK
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 25 total17 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.