# Incident 19840826052659I: Let L13BLANIK, New Castle, VA, August 26, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1984, 13:00 local time
- Place: New Castle, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5010° N, 80.1110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Castle, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5010&lon=-80.1110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6BR-1999-03-12) (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: 194 total, 23 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840826052659I

## Narrative

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

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

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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