# NTSB WPR26LA271: Let L-23 Super Blanik, N922SB, North Plains, OR, July 18, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: July 18, 2026, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: North Plains, OR
- Coordinates: 45.604004, -123.02482 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6040&lon=-123.0248&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA271
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203438/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA271

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=1360308), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N922SB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N922SB), registered now, S/N 917922, built 1991 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LET L-23 SUPER BLANIK
- Registry model: [Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK](https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-23-super-blanik) (registry code 1360308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 917922
- Year built: 1991
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Willamette Valley Soaring Club Inc
- Registered owner: Willamette Valley Soaring Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 1OR4, North Plains, runway 09/27, 2,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: None

## Weather

- Wind: 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.11 inHg
- Observed at: KHIO, 4 nm away
- METAR: METAR KHIO 182153Z COR 01008KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02440133

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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