# Accident 20080809847989A: Let L13BLANIK, Bend, OR, August 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2008, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0944° N, 121.2003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0944&lon=-121.2003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62345, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62345-2012-12-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,126 total, 40 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080809847989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CONDUCTING A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH A PROSPECTIVE CLUB MEMBER LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 16 AT BEND AIRPORT BY APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES.  PILOT CITED LOSS OF THERMALS AND INCREASED DOWNDRAFTS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AS FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 LAX08CA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA262), Aug 9, 2008: Let Blanik L-13 (N62345), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude which resulted in an undershoot while on final approach to land. Factors contributing to the accident were the lack of thermal lift (sinking air), and the lack…

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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