# Incident 20110528012499I: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, Freehold, NY, May 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2011, 17:40 local time
- Place: Freehold, NY
- Airport: Freehold
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3640° N, 74.0650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREEHOLD (1I5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3640&lon=-74.0650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N815S-2012-03-21) (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 BLANIK
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110528012499I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT STATEMENT:GLIDER PILOT STATES THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF(GLIDER TOW), TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED, THEN TOWPLANE EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE. TOWPLANE STARTED TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, AND WAS NOT CLIMBING WELL. AFTER TURNING 180 DEGREES, GLIDER PILOT RELEASED FROM TOWPLANE AND BOTH PILOTS WERE TRYING TO MAKE ROOM FOR EACH OTHER TO LAND. GLIDER PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN EXTREME SINK RATE AND REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AND LEVELED OUT AND STALLED INTO THE TREES. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPOXIMATELY 50 FEET IN THE AIR POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN, HANGING BY THE TAIL. PIOT WAS ASSISTED TO THE GROUND BY LOCAL RESCUE PERSONNEL. TOWPLANE PILOT STATEMENT:SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE, AND ENGINE HAD A POWER SURGE/ LOST POWER. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES. MAIN CONCERN WAS TO TURN 180 DEGREES AND GET BACK TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER GETTING TURNED AROUND REALIZED GLIDER HAD LEFT AND CLIMBED TO GIVE GLIDER ROOM TO GET TO AIRPORT. TOWPLANE WAS RUNNING PROPERLY AT THIS POINT. SAW A GLIDER ON THE GROUND AND THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE THE ONE JUST LANDED. LANDED TOWPLANE AND PUT IT AWAY. THEN REALIZED GLIDER DID NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N815S (1)

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

- [Incident 19941030041139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941030041139I), Oct 30, 1994: Let L23 (N815S), Stillwater, OK, Minor damage. Turned base and final too soon. Too high for sod strip. Landed in adjacent field. Damaged right wing.

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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