# Accident 19731220042529A: Conaer LA4200, Bimini, December 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1973
- Place: Bimini
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: N39385, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39385-1974-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731220042529A

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF BAHAMAS.DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED-NOT FOUND.

## 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 MIA74AM054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM054), Dec 20, 1973: Lake L4-200 (N39385), Bimini, Burkina Faso, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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