20251213019999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Let L13 AC BLANIK · Peyton, CO · December 13, 2025

Date
December 13, 2025 · 15:00 local
Place
Peyton, CO
Airport
Meadow Lake
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N423BA
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
44 total3 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.

Pilot was flying with CFI for instruction flight. Their first landing was good with no incident. On the second landing the pilot over controlled the aircraft on flare and pulled back hard on the stick which caused the tail to hit hard. Then they poi'd a few more times until the CFI was able to take control and land. Minor damage was sustained to the tail and nose of the aicraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING WITH CFI FOR INSTRUCTION FLIGHT. THEIR FIRST LANDING WAS GOOD WITH NO INCIDENT. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE PILOT OVER CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT ON FLARE AND PULLED BACK HARD ON THE STICK WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL TO HIT HARD. THEN THEY POI'D A FEW MORE TIMES UNTIL THE CFI WAS ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL AND LAND. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE TAIL AND NOSE OF THE AICRAFT.