# Incident 19911002047479I: Let L13BLANIK, Telluride, CO, October 2, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9538° N, 107.9087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TELLURIDE RGNL (TEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9538&lon=-107.9087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90860, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90860) (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: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911002047479I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER LOST ALTITUDE ON RELEASE FROM TOW ON MANEUVERING THE TOW ROPE FROM TOW PLANE HIT GLIDER. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N90860 (1)

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

- [Incident 20090714011369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090714011369I), Jul 14, 2009: Let BLANIKL13 (N90860), Crawford, CO, Minor damage. (-23) While attempting to takeoff during an instructional glider flight aircraft veered off the runway, hiting a bush, and fence post. The pilot stated that he…

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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