# Accident 19730511012389A: Conaer LA4, St Charles, MO, May 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1973
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 38.8487° N, 90.5001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St Charles Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8487&lon=-90.5001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1118L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1118L-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4 (registry code 5110302, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,050 total, 18 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DCA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730511012389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WATER VERY SMOOTH.T/D ON ACFTS KEEL,SKIPPED APRX 4-6IN INTO AIR THEN SETTLED BACK.ACFT SANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MKC73DCA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCA23), May 11, 1973: Lake LA-4 (N1118L), St Charles, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1118L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19861018049249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861018049249A), Oct 18, 1986: Conaer LA4 (N1118L), Folsom, CA, Destroyed. Steep final flared late. Pontoon dug in on a swell. Cartwheeled.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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