# Incident 19930418016169I: Let L13BLANIK, Richmond, MI, April 18, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1993, 13:45 local time
- Place: Richmond, MI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8106° N, 82.7522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8106&lon=-82.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9297Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9297Z-2004-03-31) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 7 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930418016169I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LANDED AT AN OFF AIRPORT SITE ON SOLO FLIGHT. CAUSE OF LANDING NOT STATED.

## Other reports on N9297Z (3)

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

- [Accident 20010804026139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010804026139A), Aug 4, 2001: N9297Z, Marlette, MI, No damage. (.19) On August 4, 2001, at 1515 eastern daylight time, a blanik L-13 glider, N9297Z, collided with a tree during an initial takeoff run at the Marlette…
- [Incident 19940806047669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940806047669I), Aug 6, 1994: Let L13BLANIK (N9297Z), Fowlerville, MI, Minor damage. Losing altitude. Tried for Fowlerville but had to land short in cornfield. Failed to obtain any thermals.
- [Accident 19900526017879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900526017879A), May 26, 1990: Let L13BLANIK (N9297Z), Oxford, MI, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast on rough glider strip bounced and ground looped. Spoilers not used.

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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