# Incident 19960509014379I: Let L13BLANIK, Rexburg, ID, May 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1996, 08:30 local time
- Place: Rexburg, ID
- Airport: Rexburg-Madison County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8339° N, 111.8051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REXBURG-MADISON COUNTY (RXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8339&lon=-111.8051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99946, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99946-2018-04-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 25 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960509014379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT WAS TAKING A PRIVATE PILOT GLIDER PRACTICAL TEST FROM FAA INSPECTOR. ON THE SECOND AND FINAL LANDING OF THE PRACTICAL TEST, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP, THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE LANDING WHEEL FORK FAILED AT THE POINT WHERE THE BRAKE STATIONARY PLATE RETENTION PIN PASSES THROUGH THE FORK. UPON INVESTIGATION IT APPEARED THAT THERE HAD BEEN CORROSION IN THAT AREA THAT HAD WEAKENED THE LANDING WHEEL FORK. WHEN THE FORK FAILED IT LOCKED THE WHEEL AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS. THIS REPORT IS FINAL AND CLOSED.

## Other reports on N99946 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920504013299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920504013299A), May 4, 1992: Let L13BLANIK (N99946), Boynton Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Downdraft on landing approach. Unable to recover. Struck trees short of runway.
- [Accident 19870531034979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870531034979A), May 31, 1987: Let L13BLANIK (N99946), Plymouth, FL, Substantial damage. Misjudged altitude on final stretched glide and landed hard on the runway.

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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