# Accident 19970419006229A: Let L13BLANIK, Hemet, CA, April 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1997, 14:42 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7406° N, 117.0068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7406&lon=-117.0068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90620, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90620-1998-01-26) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 17 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970419006229A

## Narrative

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

HIGH SINK ON FINAL. IMPACTED 1 MILE SHORT OF GLIDER PORT.

## 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 LAX97LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA165), Apr 19, 1997: Let Blanik L-13 (N90620), Hemet, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to adjust his traffic pattern to compensate for local atmospheric conditions.

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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