# Accident 19740908029849A: Conaer LA4200, East Haddam, CT, September 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1974
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Airport: Connecticut River
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.4532° N, 72.4612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Haddam, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4532&lon=-72.4612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39797 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 267 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FNE10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNE10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740908029849A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT DURING TAKE-OFF RUN,RESULTING PORPOISING DAMAGED NOSE SECTION AND RT FLOAT

## 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 NYC75FNE10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNE10), Sep 8, 1974: Lake LA-4 (N39797), East Haddam, CT, substantial damage

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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