# NTSB LAX82DVG32: Blanik L-13, N66JP, Chico, CA, August 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1982, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Chico, CA
- Location: 39.7285° N, 121.8375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chico, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7285&lon=-121.8375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DVG32
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70232/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DVG32

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE GLIDER PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER HE DISENGAGED FROM THE AERIAL TOW, HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY OF THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS OF LIFT. AS ALTITUDE WAS LOST, HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A VINEYARD. DURING THE LANDING, THE GLIDER WAS DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED A BACK INJURY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66JP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66JP-2000-05-25), registration cancelled 2000-05-25, S/N 025715 (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)
- Category: Glider
- Airframe hours: 816
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Chico Soaring Association
- Registered owner: Chico Soaring Association
- Departed: CHESTER, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; commercial; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,370 total, 52 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 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 19820828042979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820828042979A), Aug 28, 1982: Let L13BLANIK, Chico, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of ascending air. Crash landed glider in a vineyard.

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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