# Accident 19730902027809A: Conaer LA4, Betterton, MD, September 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1973
- Place: Betterton, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.3671° N, 76.0725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Betterton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3671&lon=-76.0725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39365, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39365-1973-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,597 total, 166 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FIG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FIG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902027809A

## Narrative

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

IP BAILING OUT WATER FROM ACFT,STUDENT DIVERTED ATT TO IP ACTV,BOTH PLTS UN RECALL EVENTS PRE ACCI

## 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 IAD74FIG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FIG08), Sep 2, 1973: Lake 4-200 (N39365), Betterton, MD, destroyed

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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