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Let L-23

83 on the U.S. register. Built from 1990 to 2006; half of them date from 1997 or earlier. Alabama has the most (32). 88% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Let L-23: Training glider
Photo CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons · LET L-23 Super Blaník on Wikipedia

About the L-23 from the FAA's model table

Type
Glider · Gliders
Power
None
Common engines
None None (72), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (3)
Seats
2
Built of
aluminium · An all-metal glider.
Maker on the register
Let
Registered
earliest certificate July 25, 1997; newest January 22, 2026

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
L-23 SUPER BLANIK831990 to 2006100.0%

When they were built by decade · 13 with no year on file

011223243431990272000
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
199043
200027

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20112
201214
20134
20142
20154
20161
20191
20203
20212
20222
20234
20243
20253
20261

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid8198%
Sale reported22%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard7489%
None on file78%
Experimental22%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Civil Air Patrol INC16Civil Air Patrol15Seminole Flying & Soaring INC3Greater Houston Soaring Association3Willamette Valley Soaring Club2Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC2N305Mg LLC2Evergreen Soaring INC2Willamette Valley Soaring Club INC1White Sands Soaring Association INC1Unusual Attitudes INC1Tcoag1 LLC1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Civil Air Patrol INC16
Civil Air Patrol15
Seminole Flying & Soaring INC3
Greater Houston Soaring Association3
Willamette Valley Soaring Club2
Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC2
N305Mg LLC2
Evergreen Soaring INC2
Willamette Valley Soaring Club INC1
White Sands Soaring Association INC1
Unusual Attitudes INC1
Tcoag1 LLC1

Fleet pages: Civil Air Patrol INC · Civil Air Patrol · Seminole Flying & Soaring INC · Greater Houston Soaring Association · Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC · Evergreen Soaring INC

Accident history NTSB records · 13 cases since 1982, 0 fatal

2026-07-18WPR26LA271 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N922SB · accident near North Plains, OR · no injuries
2025-09-06ERA25LA336 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N231LS · accident near Ridgeland, SC · serious injuries
2023-06-21CEN23LA254 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N10BR · accident near Gregory, MI · serious injuries
2023-06-03WPR23LA362 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N438BA · accident near Minden, NV · no injuries
2022-06-22CEN22LA279 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N364BA · accident near Yoder, KS · serious injuries
2021-07-31ERA21LA327 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N373BA · accident near Sterling, MA · serious injuries
2021-05-31ERA21LA242 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N912B · accident near Pittsfield, PA · no injuries
2012-06-28ERA12CA454 · L-23 SUPER BLANIK N273BA · accident near Benton, TN · minor injuries

The 8 most recent of 13 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Let L-23 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

83 as of October 23, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Let L-23s?

Alabama, with 32.

Who owns the Let L-23?

88% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Let L-23s on the register built?

Between 1990 and 2006; half of them in 1997 or earlier.

How many Let L-23 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

13 accidents and incidents since 1982, 0 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Let L-23 made of?

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Let L-23 the component layer

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. An all-metal glider. The design is held under 1 type certificate (G60EU, held by Blanik Aircraft Cz S.R.O.). The FAA has issued 6 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about flight controls. Operators and repair shops have filed 69 failure reports with the FAA since 2003, 62 of them in the last ten years: about 9.3 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is airframe structure. 4 approved modifications exist for it, the most by Lanitz-Prena Folien Factory GMBH.

FAA orders 6 airworthiness directives · newest first

2020-08-282020-16-05 · Rudder Control System · flight controls
2011-02-142011-02-08 · Stabilizers. · airframe structure
2010-08-302010-15-05 · Stabilizers · flight controls
2010-04-262010-08-01 · Stabilizers · flight controls
2009-01-282008-26-12 · Control bridge · engine
2005-01-282004-25-17 · Elevator rocker lever (part number A 730 201 N) · flight controls

By system

Orders by system, as a table
ordersshare
Flight controls467%
Airframe structure117%
Engine117%

Failure reports 69 since 2003 · what operators and shops told the FAA

05101520030405060709101112114
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
035
042
0513
0616
072
096
1020
113
121
141

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Airframe structure4159%
Flight controls2536%
Landing gear23%
Cabin, seats and restraints11%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Control Cable21
Longeron15
Rib9
Hinge5
Hinge Bracket3
Bridge2
Ring2
Bracket1
Cable1
Control Stick1

Latest reports

2014-12-19Skin: cracked · airframe structure
2012-02-02Control Cable: frayed · flight controls
2011-07-05Control Cable: frayed · flight controls
2011-02-10Control Stick: obstructed · flight controls
2011-01-12Control Cable: frayed · flight controls

Approved modifications 4 supplemental type certificates

Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:

Latest

2024-05-17SA4503NM (PAGE 1) · Remove original cloth covering and install Ceconite covering
2022-02-10SG03715NY · Iunstallation and maintenance of Oratex 6000 Covering and Coating System
2022-02-08SG04702NY · Installation and maintenance of Oratex UL600 Covering and Coating System
2011-02-25SA4503NM (Page 1) · Install Ceconite covering material.

Certificates and bulletins

G60EUType certificate held by Blanik Aircraft Cz S.R.O. · 1 model listed · revised July 15, 2022

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

2005-01-11CE-05-26 ·

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the L-23 links to the rest of the register

Design
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/let/l-23.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 83

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N341BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Nevada
Standard 2026-01-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N304MG Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Unusual Attitudes INC
Homestead, Florida
Standard 2025-12-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N911H Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2025-08-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N257BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Seminole Flying & Soaring INC
Clermont, Florida
Experimental 2025-07-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N389BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2024-07-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N267BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Tcoag1 LLC
Maple Park, Illinois
Standard 2024-07-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8023 Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
N305Mg LLC
Homestead, Florida
Standard 2024-01-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N979AS Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Steamboat Springs Soaring Association INC
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
None on file 2023-12-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N393BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
North Florida Soaring Society INC
Jacksonville, Florida
Standard 2023-07-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N912B Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Brokenstraw Flyers
Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
Standard 2023-02-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N118BB Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Franconia Soaring Association
Franconia, New Hampshire
Standard 2023-01-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N325JH Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Oregon
Standard 2022-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N299BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Las Vegas Valley Soaring Association INC
Jean, Nevada
Standard 2022-08-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N305MG Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
N305Mg LLC
Homestead, Florida
Standard 2021-10-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N270BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
New Mexico
Standard 2021-04-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N41BW Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Central Ms Soaring Society LLC
Brandon, Mississippi
Standard 2020-08-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N290SB Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Seminole Flying & Soaring INC
Clermont, Florida
Standard 2020-08-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N914B Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Puget Sound Soaring Association
Enumclaw, Washington
Standard 2020-03-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N262BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
L23 LLC
Raleigh, North Carolina
Standard 2019-03-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N922SB Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Willamette Valley Soaring Club INC
Cornelius, Oregon
Standard 2016-11-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N809S Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Piedmont Soaring Society
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Standard 2015-12-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N383BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC
Zephyrhills, Florida
Standard 2015-10-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N830SB Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
High Flights Soaring Club
Peyton, Colorado
Standard 2015-07-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N303BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Post Mills Soaring Club
Lyme, New Hampshire
Standard 2015-05-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N293BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Central Alabama Soaring Association
Birmingham, Alabama
Standard 2014-11-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N806S Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Fun Country Soaring INC
Valley City, Ohio
Standard 2014-04-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N276BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Arkansas
Standard 2013-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N428BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2013-01-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N431BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2013-01-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N430BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2013-01-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N434BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N410BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N419BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N420BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
None on file 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N426BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
None on file 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N427BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N433BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N437BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N438BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2012-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N101LE Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Logan Air Services LLC
Logan, Utah
Standard 2012-11-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N294BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2012-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N316BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Brandywine Soaring Assoc
Hockessin, Delaware
Standard 2012-09-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N106LW Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Cross Counrty Soaring LLC
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Standard 2012-07-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N258BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Omaha Soaring Club INC
Omaha, Nebraska
Standard 2012-02-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N915SB Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC
Zephyrhills, Florida
Standard 2011-07-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N323SB Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Red Wing Soaring Assoc
Osceola, Wisconsin
Standard 2011-05-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N256BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Willamette Valley Soaring Club
Cornelius, Oregon
Standard 2009-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N264BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Evergreen Soaring INC
Lynnwood, Washington
Standard 2009-03-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N265BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Evergreen Soaring INC
Lynnwood, Washington
Standard 2009-03-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N816S Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Seminole Flying & Soaring INC
Clermont, Florida
Standard 2008-06-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6289 Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
White Sands Soaring Association INC
Alamogordo, New Mexico
None on file 2008-05-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N251BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Willamette Valley Soaring Club
Cornelius, Oregon
Standard 2007-06-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N470BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2006-09-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N235ST Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Greater Houston Soaring Association
Needville, Texas
None on file 2006-09-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N309BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Friends Aviation INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2005-04-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N335BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
None on file 2005-02-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5537 Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Maryland
Standard 2004-12-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N274BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Greater Houston Soaring Association
Needville, Texas
Standard 2004-10-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N271BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Greater Houston Soaring Association
Needville, Texas
Standard 2004-10-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N455BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Soaring Club of Houston
Waller, Texas
Standard 2004-03-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N802S Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Sierra Soaring Club
Ridgecrest, California
Standard 2003-05-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N443BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2002-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N403BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2002-04-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N394BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2002-01-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N387BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2001-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N259BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Black Forest Soaring Society INC
Monument, Colorado
Standard 2001-02-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N371BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
None on file 2000-08-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N367BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-07-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N373BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Greater Boston Soring Club
Sterling, Massachusetts
Standard 2000-06-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N366BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-05-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N372BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Soaring Thunderbirds INC
Canton, Ohio
Standard 2000-05-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N364BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-04-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N363BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-03-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N362BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-02-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N361BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-02-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N400AZ Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 2000-01-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N360BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 1999-12-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N358BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 1999-09-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N357BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 1999-08-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N352BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 1999-06-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N306BA Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Civil Air Patrol INC
Maxwell Afb, Alabama
Standard 1997-07-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N10BR Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Illinois
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes
N231LS Let
L-23 SUPER BLANIK
Individual owner
Georgia
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 17: Sale reported, pending cancellation. All codes