# Accident 20150329005289A: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, Los Alamitos, CA, March 29, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2015, 13:44 local time
- Place: Los Alamitos, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7897° N, 118.0592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7897&lon=-118.0592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N381BA-2020-05-01) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,681 total, 19 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150329005289A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKE OFF USING NORMAL AEROTOW OPERATIONS ON RUNWAY 22R AT APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 AGL TOW AIRCRAFT WAVED WINGS SIGNALLING IMMEDIATE RELEASE. PILOT OF GLIDER RELEASED LOWERED NOSE AND BEGAN RIGHT TURN TO LAND ON TAXIWAY FOXTROT, GLIDER SINK RATE WAS EXCESSIVE AND AS PILOT WAS INITIATING FLARE FOR LANDING GLIDER STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE MAIN/TAIL WHEEL AND RIGHT WING SIMULTANEOUSLY AT HIGH RATE OF DECENT.

## 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 GAA15CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA028), Mar 29, 2015: Let L23 - NO Series (N381BA), Los Alamitos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent deployment of the air brakes during initial climb, resulting in a loss of lift. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to identify and remediate the cause.

## Other reports on N381BA (1)

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

- [Accident 20060711030339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060711030339A), Jul 11, 2006: Let L23SUPERBLAN (N381BA), Los Alamitos, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 11, 2006, about 1500 pacific daylight time, a blanik L23, N381BA, collided with terrain during takeoff from the us army airfield at Los Alamitos,…

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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