# Accident 20010811021429A: Let BLANIK L-13, Morgan, UT, August 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2001, 12:50 local time
- Place: Morgan, UT
- Airport: Morgan County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0093° N, 111.6693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0093&lon=-111.6693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310GM-2003-09-19) (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)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010811021429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED: ON LANDING SHE PULLED THE FLAP HANDLE BY MISTAKE. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DEPLOYING THE SPOILERS. THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED DOWN THE RUNWAY TO FAR TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY. SHE JUMPED HE FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED ON A ROOD. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE AND BROKE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, DAMAGING THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES. (.19) ON AUGUST 11, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1250 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BLANIK L-13, N3410GM WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND GROUND LOOPED ON A NEARBY ROAD NEAR MORGAN, UTAH. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HER PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORGAN APPROXIMATELY 1220. THE PILOT TOLD AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT THE GLIDER WAS A LITTLE HIGH AS SHE APPROACHED TO LAND. SHE THOUGHT SHE DEPLOYED THE SPOILERS BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE GLIDER OVERSHOT ITS INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD ADJACENT TO THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE                                                                   LANDING ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND. THE RIGHT WING AND EMPENNAGE WERE TORN OFF. THE PILOT LATER SAID SHE DEPLOYED THE FLAPS INSTEAD OF THE SPOILERS.

## 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 DEN01LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA143), Aug 11, 2001: Blanik L-13 (N310GM), Morgan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent lowering of the flaps and her failure to extend the spoilers.

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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