19881029048549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Let L13BLANIK · Tucson, AZ · October 29, 1988

Date
October 29, 1988 · 12:20 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
El Tiro Gliderport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N90848
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89LA027
Reported as
Let L13BLANIK
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Mentally ill passenger froze on dual stick that should have been removed. Pilot lost control collided with runway.

As the FAA filed it

MENTALLY ILL PASSENGER FROZE ON DUAL STICK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED. PILOT LOST CONTROL COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.