# Accident 19750917031659A: Conaer LA4, Long Beach, CA, September 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1975
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6683L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6683L-2008-08-19) (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: 1,444 total, 159 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FUA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750917031659A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR DOORS OPEN. IP LET STUDENT MAKE LDG

## 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 LAX76FUA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUA08), Sep 17, 1975: Lake LA-4 (N6683L), Long Beach, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N6683L (1)

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

- [Incident 20000314001869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000314001869I), Mar 14, 2000: Conaer LA4 (N6683L), Lake Casitas, CA. (-23) This aircraft landed at Lake Casitas, CA (near ojai). Local ordinance prohibits a/c on Lake Casitas. Far's do not regulate. No information supporting…

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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