# Accident 19810819050639A: Let L13BLANIK, Oxford, MI, August 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, MI
- Airport: Vultures
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8214° N, 83.2535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxford, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8214&lon=-83.2535&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3462, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3462-2013-04-16) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,644 total, 225 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEC41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810819050639A

## Narrative

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

SIMULATED WIRE BREAK ON WINCH TOW. CAUGHT WIRE AFTER RELEASE. GLIDER ROTATED AROUND WIRE TO GRUND IMPACT.

## 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 CHI81DEC41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC41), Aug 19, 1981: Blanik L-13 (N3462), Oxford, MI, 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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