20220514007049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Let L 33 SOLO · Reno, NV · May 14, 2022

Date
May 14, 2022 · 12:05 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Air Sailing
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N291BA
Reported as
Let L 33 Solo
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
39 total3 in this make and model16 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.

On 05/14/2022 at approximately 12:05 pm, Let L-33 solo glider N291BA, departed and arrived at Air Sailing gliderport (NV23). Glider pilot was conducting a personal pleasure flight. On final approach of runway 17 the pilot forced the aircraft down at a higher than required airspeed resulting in a hard landing. Pilot did not use air brakes. On initial touchdown aircraft bounced, became airborne, came back down, and veered right and came to rest right of the runway 17. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the fuselage below the cockpit, minor damage to the LH wing attachment point where shear rivets were popped, and the minor skin damage to the upper fuselage area just forward of the empennage.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/14/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 PM, LET L-33 SOLO GLIDER N291BA, DEPARTED AND ARRIVED AT AIR SAILING GLIDERPORT (NV23). GLIDER PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. ON FINAL APPROACH OF RUNWAY 17 THE PILOT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AT A HIGHER THAN REQUIRED AIRSPEED RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. PILOT DID NOT USE AIR BRAKES. ON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE, CAME BACK DOWN, AND VEERED RIGHT AND CAME TO REST RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE BELOW THE COCKPIT, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LH WING ATTACHMENT POINT WHERE SHEAR RIVETS WERE POPPED, AND THE MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE UPPER FUSELAGE AREA JUST FORWARD OF THE EMPENNAGE.