# Incident 20090714011369I: Let BLANIKL13, Crawford, CO, July 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2009
- Place: Crawford, CO
- Airport: Crawford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7042° N, 107.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRAWFORD (99V), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7042&lon=-107.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90860, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90860) (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 BLANIKL13
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090714011369I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL GLIDER FLIGHT AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, HITING A BUSH, AND FENCE POST.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LINED UP LEFT OF CENTERLINE TO AVOID A DROP OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED THAT ON INITIAL ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, PILOT CORRECTED AND BROUGHT AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARDS THE CENTERLINE.  PILOT STATED THAT AT THIS TIME LEFT FULL RUDDER WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  AT APPROXIMATELY 100' AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AGAIN, THE INSTRUCTOR DISCONNECTED FROM THE TOW PLANE, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 130'.  GLIDER IMPACTED A BUSH AND THEN A FENCE POST BEFORE STOPPING.  POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AREA REVEALED A SECTION OF DENSE ALFALFA GRASS MIXED IN WITH REGULAR GRASS APPROXIMATELY 10-30 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE THAT THE GLIDER WING USUALLY TRAVELS OVER OR THROUGH.  A POSSIBLE REASON FOR AFFECTING THIS FLIGHT INCLUDE THE LINING UP RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N90860 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911002047479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911002047479I), Oct 2, 1991: Let L13BLANIK (N90860), Telluride, CO, Minor damage. Glider lost altitude on release from tow on maneuvering the tow rope from tow plane hit glider. Landed safely.

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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