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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK · Homestead, FL · July 30, 2017

Date: July 30, 2017 · 15:02 local
Place: Homestead, FL
Airport: Homestead General
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N304MG
NTSB investigation: NTSBGAA17CA477
Reported as: Let L-23 Super Blanik
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 131 total20 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

N304MGRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2018 · Let L-23 SUPER BLANIKS/N 917929 · Built 1992 Airframe modelLet L-23 SUPER BLANIK Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman privacy data omitted was flying the rented glider in the pattern with a passenger friend. He advised in his statement that he experienced gusty winds and a downdraft while on base to final and ran out of lift causing him to make an emergency landing on top of netting at a plant nursery.

The pilot and passenger exited the glider unharmed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE RENTED GLIDER IN THE PATTERN WITH A PASSENGER FRIEND. HE ADVISED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT HE EXPERIENCED GUSTY WINDS AND A DOWNDRAFT WHILE ON BASE TO FINAL AND RAN OUT OF LIFT CAUSING HIM TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON TOP OF NETTING AT A PLANT NURSERY.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE GLIDER UNHARMED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB GAA17CA477Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportHomestead, FLThe glider’s encounter with atmospheric conditions where the lift was not sufficient to maintain flight, which resulted in the pilot landing short of the intended runway.Jul 30, 2017 · Substantial damage