# Accident 20080419843119A: Let L13BLANIK, Dansville, NY, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 16:15 local time
- Place: Dansville, NY
- Airport: Dansville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5708° N, 77.7128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5708&lon=-77.7128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90870, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90870-2018-03-07) (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: 7,679 total, 100 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419843119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE SECOND PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE GLIDER. AFTER AN AERO-TOW, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FIND THERMAL ACTIVITY SOUTH OF AIRPORT. VERY LITTLE THERMAL ACTIVITY FOUND, SO DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. THE TRAFFIC PATTERN "DOWNWIND LEG" WAS FLOWN AT 1000' AGL, THE TURN TO "FINAL APPROACH LEG" OCCURED AT ABOUT 700'AGL WITH THE "DIVE BRAKES" ON. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ADVISING THE PILOT TO REMOVE "DIVE BRAKES" BECAUSE OF THE SIGHT PICTURE, AT AT 600'AGL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MS. DOHERTY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MR. BIANCO^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 NYC08LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA168), Apr 19, 2008: Let Blanik L-13 (N90870), Dansville, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper glide path and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. Contributing to the accident was the encountered headwind.

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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