- Date
- July 26, 1981
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38928Let Blanik
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810726044309A
- Case key
- 123901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2466 81/7/26 ASPEN,CO LET BLANIK CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1707 N38928 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER 36, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASPEN PITKIN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASPEN,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WND GUSTS TO 20 KTS. ACFT RELEASED FRM TOW ACFT AT 200 FT,CRASHED DUR ATTMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38928
- Reported as
- Let Blanik
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aspen Pitkin Co
N38928Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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