# NTSB Accident FTW98LA264
> **Let BLANIK L-13** · 1998-06-14 · HEMPSTEAD, TX, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98LA264
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10310
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-14
- **Location:** HEMPSTEAD, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.089204, -96.079696
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Let
- **Model:** BLANIK L-13
- **Registration:** N73534
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent.  Factor were the pilot's inadvertent lowering of the flaps instead of extending the spoilers, and his lack of experience in gliders.

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