# Incident 20150815015179I: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, Brandon, MS, August 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Brandon, MS
- Airport: Woodbridge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4558° N, 89.9697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOODBRIDGE (6MS1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4558&lon=-89.9697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41BW) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,620 total, 300 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150815015179I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. STUDENT IN FRONT SEAT. INSTRUCTOR HAD CONTROLS FOR LANDING. AFTER CLEARING OBJECT ON THE END OF RUNWAY (PARKED GLIDER) THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 30 FT. AGL AND 70 KNOTS AIRSPEED AND ENCOUNTERED GUST/ROTOR THAT WAS A STRONG UPDRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH FULL LEFT CONTROLS, BARELY CLIPPING A TREE BRANCH WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE GLIDER DECENDED TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND LANDED WINGS LEVEL, POSSIBLY ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT AND HEADWIND GUST. THE GLIDER SEEMED TO MUSH IN WITH A SLOW GROUND SPEED. THERE WAS A FAIRLEY HARD IMPACT WITH LANDING GEAR DAMAGE. THE PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.

## Other reports on N41BW (1)

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

- [Accident 20021130036229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021130036229A), Nov 30, 2002: Let L23 (N41BW), Groveland, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was attempting to land long on the runway to facilitate parking the glider. Pilot indicated that he deployed the dive brakes on base leg and then…

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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