20171223023629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK · Clermont, FL · December 23, 2017

Date: December 23, 2017 · 17:25 local
Place: Clermont, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N389BA
NTSB investigation: NTSBGAA18CA093
Reported as: Let L-23 Super Blanik
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 9 total9 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N389BARegistered now · Let L-23 SUPER BLANIKS/N 018803 · Built 2001 Airframe modelLet L-23 SUPER BLANIK Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

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

The canadian student pilot on a solo flight landed, over corrected and cross controlled the flight controls, veered off the runway striking a hangar with the right wingtip. The aircraft then turned around 180 degrees and began to enter the hangar, striking the left wing leading edge on the hangar bay dividing wall. Unfortunately the hangar was for a smaller aircraft. Structural damage to the glider was substancial.

As the FAA filed it

THE CANADIAN STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT LANDED, OVER CORRECTED AND CROSS CONTROLLED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A HANGAR WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED AROUND 180 DEGREES AND BEGAN TO ENTER THE HANGAR, STRIKING THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE ON THE HANGAR BAY DIVIDING WALL. UNFORTUNATELY THE HANGAR WAS FOR A SMALLER AIRCRAFT. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER WAS SUBSTANCIAL.

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 GAA18CA093Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportClermont, FLThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare.Dec 23, 2017 · Substantial damage