# Accident 20060305011929A: Let L13ACBLANIK, Zephyrhills, FL, March 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2281° N, 82.0228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2281&lon=-82.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4413, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4413-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L13 AC BLANIK (registry code 1360312, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l13-ac-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13ACBLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060305011929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 5, 2006 AT 1730 EDT, A LET L13 GLIDER, N4413, REGISTERED TO TAMPA BAY SOARING SOCIETY, MADE A HARD LANDING AT ZEPHYRHILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 1000 FT AGL, AND AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE WHEN THE GLIDER ENCOUNTERED A STRONG SINK AND WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TREE TOPS. THE LEFT WING HIT THE TREE TOP AND FELL SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 MIA06CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA060), Mar 5, 2006: Let L13 AC Blanik (N4413), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with downdraft.

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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