# Accident 19951216043649A: Let L23, Jacksonville, FL, December 16, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1995, 14:55 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4808° N, 81.5102° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4808&lon=-81.5102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N254BA-2011-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (registry code 1360308, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-23-super-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,004 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216043649A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE FIND THERMALS. ELECTED LAND IN FOOTBALL FIELD. LEFT WING STRUCK GOAL POST.

## 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 MIA96LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA045), Dec 16, 1995: Let L-23 (N254BA), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY PLAN THE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N254BA (1)

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

- [Accident 19990715022379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990715022379A), Jul 15, 1999: Let L23 (N254BA), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. (.19) On July 15, 1999, about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Let blanik L-23 glider, N254BA, registered to the north Florida soaring society inc., collided with…

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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