# NTSB FTW82FQA18: Blanik L-13, N48032, Los Lunas, NM, May 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1982, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Location: 34.7610° N, 106.7449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY AIRPARK (E98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7610&lon=-106.7449&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71489
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FQA18
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71489/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA18

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - unsafe/hazardous condition warning - disregarded, spectator (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING THE LEFT WING STRUCK A BYSTANDER WHO WANDERED ONTO THE EDGE OF THE ASPHALT OVERRUN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LANDING. THERE IS A CAUTION SIGN POSTED ON THE NORTH ACCESS ROAD OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48032](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48032-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N 026035, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANIK L-13
- Registry model: [Let BLANIK L-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/let-blanik-l-13) (registry code 1360306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 026035
- Airframe hours: 730
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Etchison G. Lill
- Registered owner: Etchison G. Lill
- Departed: E98, LOS LUNAS, NM
- Destination: E98, LOS LUNAS, NM
- Airport: E98, Mid Valley, runway 17, 4,425 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 788 total, 250 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 60 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820508071009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820508071009A), May 8, 1982: Let L13BLANIK, Los Lunas, NM, Substantial damage. On landing roll, wing struck amateur photographer who was standing on edge of runway. Misjudged wing span.

## Other investigations on N48032 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN84FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA161), May 26, 1984: Let L-13 (N48032), Edgewood, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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