# Accident 20100828054479A: Let L-23 SUPER, Socorro, NM, August 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Airport: Socorro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0167° N, 106.9000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0167&lon=-106.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N361BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK (registry code 1360308, https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-23-super-blanik) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L-23 SUPER
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,469 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA507](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA507) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100828054479A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 30, 2010 AT 1000MDT A BLANIK L-23, N361BA REGISTERED TO CIVIL AIR PATROL, INC. LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT SOCORRO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON AN ORIENTATION FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SOCORRO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON AUGUST 30, 2010, AT 0930MDT

## 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 CEN10CA507](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA507), Aug 28, 2010: Let L-23 Super Blanik (N361BA), Socorro, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of lift that resulted in an off-airport landing.

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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