# Accident 19810726044309A: Let L13BLANIK, Aspen, CO, July 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1981, 17:07 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2232° N, 106.8690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2232&lon=-106.8690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38928, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38928-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810726044309A

## Narrative

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

MADE AIRPLANE GLIDER TOW TAKEOFF WITH APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE TURBULENCE. RELEASED, LOST CONTROL RETURNING

## 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 DEN81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA053), Jul 26, 1981: Let Blanik (N38928), Aspen, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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