# Accident 20090801048249A: Let L-13 BLANIK, Sparta, NY, August 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2009, 15:50 local time
- Place: Sparta, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5609° N, 77.6896° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5609&lon=-77.6896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66FL-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-13 BLANIK (registry code 1360305, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-13-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L-13 BLANIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 21 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA434) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090801048249A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 1, 2009, A STUDENT PILOT SOLOING A GLIDER AND DURING A CLIMB ENTERED A STALL, RECOVERED AND SUBSEQUENTALLY ENTERED ANOTHER STALL WHICH RESULTING AN IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA09CA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA434), Aug 1, 2009: Let L13 (N66FL), Sparta, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

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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