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Incident

FAA incident report · Let L13BLANIK · Byron, CA · June 17, 1990

Date
June 17, 1990 · 12:00 local
Place
Byron, CA
Airport
Byron Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N45209
Reported as
Let L13BLANIK
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total1,000 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

Departed via aerial tow and the left aileron push rod broke resulting in loss of aileron control. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED VIA AERIAL TOW AND THE LEFT AILERON PUSH ROD BROKE RESULTING IN LOSS OF AILERON CONTROL. LANDED SAFELY.