# Incident 20000904027519I: Let L23SUPERBLAN, Huntsville, AL, September 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Moontown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7473° N, 86.4612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOONTOWN (3M5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7473&lon=-86.4612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296BA-2022-02-05) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904027519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT'S STATEMENT INDICATES THAT HE MISJUDGED HIS APPROACH PATH AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BY ABOUT 100 FEET.  PILOT WAS COUNSELED AND^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N296BA (1)

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

- [Accident 20200301006099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200301006099A), Mar 1, 2020: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (N296BA), Brownsboro, AL, Substantial damage. The glider departed runway 27 under aerotow to accomplish a planned premature termination of tow for a training demonstration. The tow rope was released at…

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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