# Incident 20211106018969I: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, Elbert, CO, November 6, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2021, 10:30 local time
- Place: Elbert, CO
- Airport: Kelly Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2247° N, 104.6399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KELLY AIR PARK (CO15), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2247&lon=-104.6399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N259BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N259BA) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 33 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211106018969I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 6, 2021, AT 1730Z NEAR THE TOWN OF ELBERT, COLORADO, GLIDER N259BA, A LET L-23 SUPER BLANIK EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT KELLY AIR PARK (CO15) IN ELBERT, COLORADO. THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, A STUDENT PILOT AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS REPORT NEARBY AS 200° AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS, 10 STATUTE MILES OF VISIBILITY WITH CLEAR SKIES.

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