# Accident 19831203059809A: Let L13BLANIK, Jacumba, CA, December 3, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1983, 15:00 local time
- Place: Jacumba, CA
- Airport: Jacumba
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6159° N, 116.1655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACUMBA (L78), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6159&lon=-116.1655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711KR-2012-06-28) (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: 297 total, 71 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831203059809A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT MISJUDGED WINDS AND GLIDER STRUCK BUSH SHORT OF RUNWAY CAUSING CRASH.

## 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 LAX84LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA091), Dec 3, 1983: Let L-13 (N711KR), Jacumba, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N711KR (2)

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

- [Accident 20020505007469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020505007469A), May 5, 2002: Let L13BLANIK (N711KR), Saratogasprings, NY, No damage. (-23) Glider was approximately 1,300 AGL, 1.4 miles from the approach end of runway 23, when the glider encountered a massive sink rate of 1,000 feet per…
- [Accident 19910701025229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910701025229A), Jul 1, 1991: Let L13BLANIK (N711KR), Driggs, ID, Substantial damage. Too low on final approach. Landed short of runway and collided with a fence.

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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