Let L 23 SUPER BLANIK N321BA

Summary

On 15 September 2013 at about 15:00 local time, a Let L 23 SUPER BLANIK registered N321BA, operated by Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc, was involved in an accident near Clermont, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 September 2013 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Clermont, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Seminole Lake (6FL0)

Coordinates

28.4058, -81.8378

Aircraft

Let L 23 SUPER BLANIK

Registration

N321BA

Category

Glider

Year built

1998

Operator

Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clermont → Clermont

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA088

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was landing the glider on runway 36, a 3,000-foot-long, 200-foot-wide, turf runway. During the landing roll, the glider veered off the right side of the runway and struck a gazebo, which resulted in substantial damage to glider's right wing and fuselage. The student pilot did not reside in the United States and subsequently returned to his country of residence. The accident was reported to the NTSB by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector about 4 months later. Efforts to contact the student pilot were unsuccessful. The student pilot's total flight experience, and flight experience in the airplane make and model, could not be determined. According to an FAA inspector, there were no known or reported mechanical malfunctions with the glider that would have precluded normal operation. Winds reported at an airport located about 21 miles south of the accident site, around the time of the accident, were from 110 degrees at 10 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.