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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Let L13BLANIK · New Castle, VA · August 26, 1984

Date: August 26, 1984 · 13:00 local
Place: New Castle, VA
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6BR
Reported as: Let L13BLANIK
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 194 total23 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N6BRRegistration cancelled Mar 12, 1999 · Let BLANIK L-13S/N 175008 Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Glider descended too rapidly. Caused slack in tow rope. Rope passed over wing before it broke. Did not use spoilers

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER DESCENDED TOO RAPIDLY. CAUSED SLACK IN TOW ROPE. ROPE PASSED OVER WING BEFORE IT BROKE. DID NOT USE SPOILERS