# Accident 20071006823839A: Let L13BLANIK, Hemet, CA, October 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2007, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7339° N, 117.0225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7339&lon=-117.0225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510CS-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let BLANIK L-13 (registry code 1360306, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L13BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,168 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071006823839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N510CS, BLANIK L-13, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT GLIDER, STRUCK AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE SHORT OF RUNWAY 22 WHILE LANDING AT HEMET, CA, AIRPORT AT 1300 PDT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX08CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA003), Oct 6, 2007: Let Blanik L-13 (N510CS), Hemet, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate due to his failure to close the air brake and/or partially retract the flaps during an encounter with lost lift on final approach.

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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