# Accident 20070627830549A: Let L23SUPERBLAN, Warren, VT, June 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Warren, VT
- Airport: Warren/Sugarbush Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1167° N, 72.8267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1167&lon=-72.8267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8022, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8022-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (registry code 1360308, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-23-super-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L23SUPERBLAN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070627830549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOT ON SCENE. WEATHER WAS VMC PER MVP WEATHER REPORTING AT THE TIME OF THE OPERATION. WIND WAS REPORTED AS 300' @12 WITH 4700-6000 SCATTERED VISIBILITY AT 10+. UPON THE RETURN OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING FLIGHT THE CREW (PRIVATE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR) PERFORMED A PROPER ENTRY TO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING. ON FINAL WITH DESCENT TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED DOWN DRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE RAPID DESCENT PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH THE GRASS STRIP ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE BLANIK L-23 RECEIVED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT INNER WING AND THE AFT UPPER EMPENNAGE JUST FORWARD OF THE VERTICAL FIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.

## 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 NYC07CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA151), Jun 27, 2007: Let Super Blanik L-23 (N8022), Warren, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider's inadvertent encounter with windshear. A factor was the outflow from a nearby thunderstorm.

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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