# Accident 19820828042979A: Let L13BLANIK, Chico, CA, August 28, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1982, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chico, CA
- Airport: Chico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7954° N, 121.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICO RGNL (CIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7954&lon=-121.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66JP-2000-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,370 total, 52 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DVG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DVG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820828042979A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF ASCENDING AIR. CRASH LANDED GLIDER IN A VINEYARD.

## 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 LAX82DVG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DVG32), Aug 28, 1982: Blanik L-13 (N66JP), Chico, CA, 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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