20191027020469A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Let L13 AC BLANIK · Enumclaw, WA · October 27, 2019

Date
October 27, 2019 · 17:37 local
Place
Enumclaw, WA
Airport
Bergseth Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N213TA
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA20CA058
Reported as
Let L13 AC Blanik
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total15 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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.

Upon approach, aircraft was flown at an altitude too low and too FAR to the right causing the right wing to strike a tree.

As the FAA filed it

UPON APPROACH, AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN AT AN ALTITUDE TOO LOW AND TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO STRIKE A TREE.

NTSB investigation

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