# Incident 20250912013119I: Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, Jacksonville, FL, September 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2025, 15:45 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong Recreational
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2778° N, 81.8059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HERLONG RECREATIONAL (HEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2778&lon=-81.8059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N393BA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250912013119I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT AND SOLO OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING A GLIDER IN THE SOD NORTH OF RUNWAY 7 AT KHEG.  THERE WAS A GLIDER AND TOW PLANE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOD AND ANOTHER GLIDER THAT HAD JUST LANDED IN THE CENTER OF THE SOD.  THIS LEFT THE RIGHT 1/3 OF THE SOD TO LAND ON.  DUE TO A 10-15 KNOT QUARTERING HEADWIND, THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS LANDING POINT AND LANDED SHORT OF THE INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT, STRIKING THE CONTROL BOX FOR THE PAPI LIGHTS AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 7.  THE CONTACT WITH THE CONTROL BOX DAMAGED THE WING TIP CAP OF THE GLIDER AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CONTROL BOX.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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