# Incident 20000723024959I: Let L23SUPERBLAN, Waller, TX, July 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2000, 15:10 local time
- Place: Waller, TX
- Airport: Soaring Club Of Houston Glider
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1927° N, 95.9633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Soaring Club of Houston Gliderport (89TA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1927&lon=-95.9633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N338BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N338BA-2002-06-17) (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 L23SUPERBLAN
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 314 total, 45 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723024959I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 23, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 CDT, A GLIDER AIRCRAFT, N338BA, MAKE LAT BLANIK 2, MODEL LET-23-23 RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING A HEDGE ROW. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED AND ENDED AT WALLER, TEXAS, AIRPORT IDENTIFIER 89TA WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VMC WITH STORMS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT CONTACT THE AIRPORT BY RADIO AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WIND DIRECTION.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE LANDED WITH A MODERATE TO HEAVY QUARTERING TAIL WIND ON A WET GRASS RUNWAY. (SEE PILOT'S STATEMENT).  HIGH WINDS WITH WET LANDING SURFACE, BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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