# Incident 20040822019109I: Let L33SOLO, Bardstown, KY, August 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8143° N, 85.4996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAMUELS FLD (BRY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8143&lon=-85.4996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L 33 SOLO (registry code 1360309, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-33-solo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L33SOLO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 1 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822019109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING GLIDER TOW OPERATIONS THE CANOPY OF THE GLIDER BLEW OPEN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE CANOPY BUT COULD NOT LATCH IT AND WAS FORCED TO HOLD THE CANOPY CLOSED. THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE A LANDING ON THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY WITHOUT THE USE OF SPOILERS. AS THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND DURING A FAST APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, FLARED, BOUNCED AND LANDED AGAIN. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT NOTICED SCUFFING AND A WRINKLE IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.