# Accident 20120628016099A: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, Benton, TN, June 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Benton, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2225° N, 84.5844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2225&lon=-84.5844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N273BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N273BA-2013-11-08) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 499 total, 3 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120628016099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LOW AND SLOW ON DOWNWIND GLIDER LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN CORNFIELD. LANDING WAS HARD DAMAGING LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT AND WINGS.

## 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 ERA12CA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA454), Jun 28, 2012: Let L-23 Super Blanik (N273BA), Benton, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent extension of the wing airbrakes, which resulted in a loss of lift and subsequent landing prior to the runway.

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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