# Accident 20050806017019A: Let L13BLANIK, Omaha, NE, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 15:32 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eagle Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4181° N, 96.1136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4181&lon=-96.1136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9295Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9295Z-2018-04-04) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806017019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, IN A BLANIK LET-13 GLIDER, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE BLAIR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BLAIR, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT IN THE FRONT, WHO IS GLIDER RATED BUT NOT CURRENT, WAS AT THE CONTROLS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WHO WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. WHEN APPROACHING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT GOT SLOW AND A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT DEVELOPED. THE PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT INCREASED THE ANGLE OF ATTACK TO ARREST THE DESCENT, CAUSING THE TAILWHEEL TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY FIRST THEN THE NOSE CAME DOWN HARD ON THE SINGLE MAIN WHEEL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND MAIN GEAR BOX. THE SPOILERS WERE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED, ABOUT ONE HALF, WITH NO ATTEMPT TO RETRACT THEM. THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO REACT TO THE CIRCUMSTANCE. THE CONDITIONS WERE GUSTY WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI05CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA232), Aug 6, 2005: Let Blanik L-13 (N9295Z), Blair, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The low airspeed by the pilot and the inadequate supervision by the certified flight instructor.

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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