# Accident 20020723019949A: Let L13BLANIK, Lehi, UT, July 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lehi, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3569° N, 112.0181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3569&lon=-112.0181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48038, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48038-2023-06-17) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020723019949A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 23, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A LET BLANIK L-13 GLIDER, N48038, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED A DIRT BERM DURING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING NEAR AT CEDAR VALLEY AIRPARK (PRIVATE), LEHI, UTAH. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. TWO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OWNED THE GLIDER, AND WERE OPERATING IT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT SAID THAT WHEN HE TURNED BASE TO FINAL FOR A LANDING, THE GLIDER GOT INTO "ABNORMALLY HIGH SINK RATE FOR RUNWAY 17." HE SAID THAT HE LANDED 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A 3 FOOT HIGH BERM NEXT TO AN IRRIGATION DITCH. THE GLIDER'S KEEL BEAM AND WING SPAR WAS BROKEN. (-23) PILOT MISJUDGED WINDS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY AND ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FLY THROUGH TO THE RUNWAY. HE LANDED SHORT AND HIT A 3 FOOT BERM TO AN IRRIGATION DITCH AT APPROXIMATELY 50 KTS. THE GLIDER WAS CATAPULTED OVER THE DITCH AND LANDED HARD CRUSHING THE LANDING GEAR                                                                  AND BREAKING THE WING SPARS AND KEEL.

## 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 DEN02LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA095), Jul 23, 2002: Let Blanik L-13 (N48038), Lehi, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning resulting in the glider impacting terrain short of the runway, and the pilot's subsequent abrupt handling of the glider when it became airborne again, which…

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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