# Incident 19960127005409I: Let L13BLANIK, Mokuleia, HI, January 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Airport: Dillingham Airfield Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93460, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93460-2017-05-15) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,604 total, 32 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960127005409I

## Narrative

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

D8. GLIDER FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT FOR AIR FORCE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORP. (AFJROTC) H1. CFI GLIDERS. ON 01/27/96, GLIDER AIRCRAFT N93460, PILOTED BY WILLIAM A. SCHAUER, WAS BEING PREPARED FOR AN AIR TOW. THE COMMANDANT OF THE AFJROTC, DONALD J. CANN, WAS ASSISTING IN GROUND HANDLING OPERATIONS. HE REPOSITIONED THE GLIDER FOR BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE TOW PLANE. AFTER REPOSITIONING THE GLIDER, MR. CANN BENT OVER TO PICK-UP A NOTEBOOK HE LAID ON THE GROUND AND WHILE BENDING OVER THE LEFT WING OF THE GLIDER CAUGHT THE BACK OF HIS LEGS AND THREW HIM OVER THE GLIDER WING TO THE GROUND. MR. CANN SUFFERED A MILD ABRASION ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND HAD THE "WIND KNOCKED OUT OF HIM." NO DAMAGE TO GLIDER. END OF REPORT NO PILOT DEVIATION THIS INCIDENT #IWP13960009 IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N93460 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750608015389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750608015389A), Jun 8, 1975: Let L13BLANIK (N93460), Issaquah, WA, Substantial damage. Spoilers deployed. Misunderstood signal fm tow plane,released at low altitude.

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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