# Accident 19950903030819A: Let L13BLANIK, White Bear Lake, MN, September 3, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1995, 16:45 local time
- Place: White Bear Lake, MN
- Airport: Benson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0652° N, 93.0129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Bear Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0652&lon=-93.0129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99970, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99970-2001-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950903030819A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINES ON APPROACH. CAME TO REST WING CAUGHT BY POWER LINE. PILOT REPORTED MISUSED SPOILERS. (-23) DURING THE LANDING PHASE TO BENSON AIRPORT (SLIGHTLY NORTH OF WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN), ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 130 DEGREES, THE PILOT OF N99970 DID NOT MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR POWER LINES. THE POWER LINE CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE LEFT WING AND NOSE CONTACTING THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT WING HELD UP BY A POWER LINE. ONE OF THE POWER LINES WAS BROKEN IN THE ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N99970 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750807025339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750807025339A), Aug 7, 1975: Let L13BLANIK (N99970), Carefree, AZ, Substantial damage. Lnd in desert. Misc-unable to locate thermals.

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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