# Accident 19820508071009A: Let L13BLANIK, Los Lunas, NM, May 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1982, 12:00 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7610° N, 106.7449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7610&lon=-106.7449&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48032, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48032-2014-10-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 788 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820508071009A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLL, WING STRUCK AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WAS STANDING ON EDGE OF RUNWAY. MISJUDGED WING SPAN.

## 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 FTW82FQA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA18), May 8, 1982: Blanik L-13 (N48032), Los Lunas, NM, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N48032 (2)

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

- [Accident 19840526034809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526034809A), May 26, 1984: Let L13BLANIK (N48032), Edgewood, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Overshot landing and struck parked aircraft 77MA, 74830 and 2802H. PIC did not show evidence of currency in blanik.
- [Incident 19810725070349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725070349I), Jul 25, 1981: Let L13BLANIK (N48032), Los Lunas, NM, Minor damage. Pilot landed glider short. Tail wheel broken off.

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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