# Accident 19920926038849A: Let L13BLANIK, New Smyrna Beac, FL, September 26, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1992, 11:08 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: Massey Ranch Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9933° N, 80.9268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9933&lon=-80.9268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90861, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90861-1993-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-13 BLANIK (registry code 1360305, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-13-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 812 total, 7 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA92LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920926038849A

## Narrative

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

DOWNDRAFT ON FINAL. STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED.

## 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 MIA92LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA191), Sep 26, 1992: Let L-13 (N90861), New Smyrna Bch, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS. THE DOWNDRAFT WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N90861 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780923029549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780923029549A), Sep 23, 1978: Let L13BLANIK (N90861), Pittstown, PA, Substantial damage. During glider tow,the glider was rel at 150 ft. the glider contd cing rt turn. Stall spin.

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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