# Incident 19990904029479I: Let L13BLANIK, Wadsworth, OH, September 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1999, 15:55 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Airport: Wadsworth Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0031° N, 81.7565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WADSWORTH MUNI (3G3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0031&lon=-81.7565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2973, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2973-2019-07-16) (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: 100 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990904029479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 28 AT WADSWORTH MUNI AIRPORT (3G3) DURING A ROUTINE GLIDER TOW, THE TOW PLANE N8996S WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER AND AFTER REACHING THE DECISION POINT AND NOT ATTAINING ROTATION SPEED, RELEASED THE GLIDER. THE GLIDER WAS AIRBORNE AND AFTER RELEASE, MAINTAINED RUNWAY HEADING, WINGS LEVEL AND LANDED IN A CORN FIELD TO THE WEST OF WADSWORTH AIRPORT.  THE TOW AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE GROUND, PERFORMED A MAGNETO CHECK AND NOTICED AN INCREASE IN POWER.  THE TOW PILOT AND ANOTHER PILOT PERFORMED GROUND AND AIRBORNE CHECKS ON THE AIRCRAFT AND CONCLUDED A MAGNETO MUST HAVE BEEN FOWLED AND CAUSED THE REDUCTION OF POWER.  THE GLIDER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2973 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770515012269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770515012269A), May 15, 1977: Let L13BLANIK (N2973), Kendallville, IN, Substantial damage. Released frm tow plane,too slow. Spoilers used drg tkof & ldg.

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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