Blanik L-13 accidents

The NTSB database holds 42 accidents and incidents involving the Blanik L-13, recorded between 1971 to 2009. 2 of them were fatal (5%), and 2 people died.

The deadliest year was 1975, with 2 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (23 records).

Most of these records are from United States.

35 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

Share fatal

1971 to 2009

Period

Show these on the map 7 of 42 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 26

1980s 11

2000s 5

Where these happened

United States 42

Operators involved

Tim Hanke 1 Phoenix Club I 1 Denver Soaring 1 Vultures Inc 1 Chico Soaring Association 1 Cleveland Soaring Society Inc 1

All 42 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Aug 1975	Blanik L-13 N9915	Aspen, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Nov 2009	Blanik L-13 N1142	Middlefield, Ohio, United States	Cleveland Soaring Society Inc	Serious injuries	-
31 Jul 2002	Blanik L-13 N70741	Belgrade, Montana, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
5 May 2002	Blanik L-13 N711KR	Saratoga Spring, New York, United States	Tim Hanke	No injuries	-
11 Aug 2001	Blanik L-13 N310GM	Morgan, Utah, United States	-	No injuries	-
4 Aug 2001	Blanik L-13 N9297Z	Marlette, Michigan, United States	Peter Sisoy	Serious injuries	-
28 Aug 1982	Blanik L-13 N66JP	Chico, California, United States no coordinates	Chico Soaring Association	Serious injuries	-
11 Jul 1982	Blanik L-13 N90639	Murrieta, California, United States no coordinates	Skylark Gliderport	No injuries	-
3 Jul 1982	Blanik L-13 N273AS	Katy, Texas, United States no coordinates	Houston Soaring Assoc	Serious injuries	-
18 Jun 1982	Blanik L-13 N99954	Driggs, Idaho, United States	Red Baron Flying Service	No injuries	-
20 May 1982	Blanik L-13 N99805	Warren, Minnesota, United States	N.d. State College	Minor injuries	-
8 May 1982	Blanik L-13 N48032	Los Lunas, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Etchison G. Lill	Fatal	-
19 Aug 1981	Blanik L-13 N3462	Oxford, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Vultures Inc	Minor injuries	-
12 Apr 1981	Blanik L-13 N53AS	Fremont, California, United States no coordinates	Soaring Experi	Minor injuries	-
15 Mar 1981	Blanik L-13 N7JP	Maricopa, Arizona, United States no coordinates	AZ Soaring ASC	Serious injuries	-
26 Jul 1980	Blanik L-13 N3465	Adelanto, California, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
16 Jul 1980	Blanik L-13 N90889	Middleton, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Sep 1979	Blanik L-13 N99943	Freeport, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 May 1979	Blanik L-13 N48037	Shirley, New York, United States no coordinates	Long Island SO	No injuries	-
7 Apr 1979	Blanik L-13 N8250	Perris, California, United States no coordinates	Orng Conty SOR	No injuries	-
30 Mar 1979	Blanik L-13 N83AS	Clearwater, Florida, United States no coordinates	Venture Soarin	No injuries	-
18 Mar 1979	Blanik L-13 N100GH	Cypress, Texas, United States no coordinates	T/H Enterprise	Serious injuries	-
7 Apr 1978	Blanik L-13 N125DW	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Sep 1977	Blanik L-13 N33471	Wurtsboro, New York, United States no coordinates	Sail Flts Inc	Minor injuries	-
28 Aug 1977	Blanik L-13 N666FB	Waverly, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1977	Blanik L-13 N90846	Sisters, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 May 1977	Blanik L-13 N101JJ	Guymon, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Apr 1977	Blanik L-13 N3458	Boulder, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Denver Soaring	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1975	Blanik L-13 N3467	Canton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Freedom Soarin	Minor injuries	-
7 Aug 1975	Blanik L-13 N99970	Carefree, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Turf Soaring S	Minor injuries	-
3 Aug 1975	Blanik L-13 N90847	Mokuleia, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Mooninc	Serious injuries	-
21 Jun 1975	Blanik L-13 N2821H	New Braintree, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	New England SO	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1975	Blanik L-13 N90639	Benton Tn, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Wendylene Inc	No injuries	-
8 Jun 1975	Blanik L-13 N93460	Issaquah, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
19 May 1975	Blanik L-13 N11382	No.litle Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 Oct 1973	Blanik L-13 N90598	Erwinna, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Erwinna Aviati	No injuries	-
12 May 1973	Blanik L-13 N12YA	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
5 Nov 1972	Blanik L-13 N711KR	Friendswood, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Aug 1972	Blanik L-13 N11YA	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Yankee Soaring	No injuries	-
5 Aug 1972	Blanik L-13 N3457	Angwin, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Jun 1972	Blanik L-13 N3464	Fremont, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Oct 1971	Blanik L-13 N11PX	San Jacinto, California, United States no coordinates	Phoenix Club I	No injuries	-