- Date
- September 22, 1979
- Place
- Freeport, IL · FREEPORT, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99943Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790922036729A
- Case key
- 133100
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3289 79/9/22 NR.FREEPORT,IL BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1620 N99943 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 40, 6682 TOTAL HOURS, 1 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THE ALBERTUS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PILOT PULLED FLAP HANDLE INSTEAD OF SPOILER.ACFT SAILED DOWN RWY.SINGLE WHEEL LNDG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99943
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- The Albertus Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.