# NTSB MIA87LA108: Let L-13, N68PE, Brooksville, FL, March 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 14, 1987, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

ON FINAL APCH, WITH FULL FLAPS EXTENDED, THE GLIDER BEGAN TO FLOAT DOWN THE RWY. THE PLT THEN RETRACTED THEM, AFTER WHICH, IT DESCENDED, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE, & CAME TO REST IN A FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68PE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68PE-2018-02-16), registration cancelled 2018-02-16, S/N 173160 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET 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: 173160
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Tampa Bay Soaring Club
- Registered owner: Peter W. Espenlaub
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1987

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; seat: front; flight hours: 20 total, 10 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 28 nm away

## 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 19870314005989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314005989A), Mar 14, 1987: Let L13BLANIK, Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. The glider overshot the runway and hit a fence. The uncertificated Pilot confused the flaps with the spoiler handle

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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