# Accident 20091101025569A: Letecke Zav L-13 BLANIK, Middlefield Twp, OH, November 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2009, 16:45 local time
- Place: Middlefield Twp, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4494° N, 81.0628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4494&lon=-81.0628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1142, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1142-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Letecke Zavody L-13 BLANIK (registry code 1360315, https://openairdocs.org/model/letecke-zavody-l-13-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LETECKE ZAV L-13 BLANIK
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091101025569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF TOW PLANE RADIOED HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE.  STUDENT PILOT IN GLIDER OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF TOW PLANE.  GLIDER PIC STATED THAT THEY WERE BETWEEN 200-300 FT. AGL AND EXECUTED THE RELEASE FROM THE TOW PLANE.  STUDENT PILOT PANICED GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND THE INSTRUCTOR CONTROL CRASHED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP.

## 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 CEN10LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA035), Nov 1, 2009: Blanik L-13 (N1142), Middlefield, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper control inputs which resulted in the inadvertent stall of the glider.

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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