# Accident 19780109008569A: Conaer LA4, Hawthorne, NV, January 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1978
- Place: Hawthorne, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 38.5253° N, 118.6260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5253&lon=-118.6260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6678L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6678L-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4 (registry code 5110302, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780109008569A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLT NOT RCMMDD,TPH WX.MTNS OBSCURED,HIT MTN ABT 6700FT MSL.RERY DATE 2/6/78.

## 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 OAK78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA014), Jan 9, 1978: Lake LA-4 (N6678L), Hawthorne, NV, destroyed, 1 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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