# Accident 19940515010779A: Let L13BLANIK, New Castle, VA, May 15, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1994, 14:30 local time
- Place: New Castle, VA
- Airport: New Castle International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4835° N, 80.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE INTL (VA85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4835&lon=-80.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23BR-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L 33 SOLO (registry code 1360309, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-33-solo) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940515010779A

## Narrative

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

ON GLIDER TOW ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. GLIDER RELEASED TOW. TRIED RETURN HIGH SINK. LANDED SHORT. MISUSED SPOILERS.

## 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 NYC94LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA081), May 15, 1994: Let Super Blanik L-33 (N23BR), New Castle, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS RESULTING IN FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER DESCENT RATE DURING THE APPROACH FOR LANDING. A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.