# Accident 19870314005989A: Let L13BLANIK, Brooksville, FL, March 14, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1987, 15:00 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Pilot Country
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3303° N, 82.4965° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PILOT COUNTRY (X05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3303&lon=-82.4965&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68PE-2018-02-16) (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: 20 total, 10 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314005989A

## Narrative

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

THE GLIDER OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND HIT A FENCE. THE UNCERTIFICATED PILOT CONFUSED THE FLAPS WITH THE SPOILER HANDLE

## 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 MIA87LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA108), Mar 14, 1987: Let L-13 (N68PE), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N68PE (1)

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

- [Incident 19900314027359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900314027359I), Mar 14, 1990: Let L13BLANIK (N68PE), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. Glider too FAR from runway on final, landed off field. Ground looped into water.

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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