# Incident 19780323010109I: Conaer LA4, Sitka, AK, March 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1978, 19:00 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.0531° N, 135.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sitka, AK, within about 30 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0531&lon=-135.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5027L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5027L-2013-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780323010109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED SHORT DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. SANK IN ROUGH SEA, DEMOLISHED BY TIDE AND ROCKS.

## Other reports on N5027L (1)

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

- [Accident 19750118001139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750118001139A), Jan 18, 1975: Conaer LA4200 (N5027L), Dyersburg, TN, Substantial damage. Amphibian sank during demo of circular taxi/takeoff. Wreckage not recovered. Plt thought r gr extdd.

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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