# Incident 19881219068909I: Let L13BLANIK, Johnson City, TN, December 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Johnson City, TN
- Airport: Johnson City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3637° N, 82.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON CITY (0A4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3637&lon=-82.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65140, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65140-2023-06-17) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 3 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881219068909I

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENTLY APPLIED FLAPS INSTEAD OF SPEED BRAKES DUE TO CONTROL POSITIONS. AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND RAN OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N65140 (1)

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

- [Accident 19971101040839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971101040839A), Nov 1, 1997: Let L13BLANIK (N65140), Jonesville, NC, Substantial damage. Became too low on final. Struck perimeter fence short of runway. Blamed high wind turbulence and high sink rate. (-23) instructor and student on training…

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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