# N59FC: Lake LA-4-200, registration cancelled 1998-09-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 17, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Second triennial mailing, no response
- Airframe: [Lake LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (registry code 5110310)
- Serial number: 997
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: January 6, 1987
- Last registry action: May 5, 1994
- Mode S code: A79B8E
- Owners when cancelled: [Silverman I Scott](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SILVERMAN%20I%20SCOTT), [Haight Richard E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HAIGHT%20RICHARD%20E)
- Location: [Gaithesburg, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Gaithesburg)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 39.1126° N, 77.2504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 20878, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59FC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=59FC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59FC-1998-09-17

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Lake LA-4-200: https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

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.

- [NTSB BFO87LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA059), Aug 16, 1987: Lake LA-4-200 (N59FC), Grafton, WV, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19870816076559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870816076559A), Aug 16, 1987: Conaer LA4200 (N59FC), Grafton, WV, Destroyed. Encountered wake from boat during water landing bounced and struck trees on shore impacting ground nose down.

## Other aircraft with N59FC

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59FC): Piper PA-31-350, S/N 31-7952117, built 1979

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