# Incident 19780913017339I: Conaer LA4, Gainesville, FL, September 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1978, 10:09 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1FQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1FQ-2004-03-03) (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: 5,800 total, 30 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/19780913017339I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT. HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE HAD RUPTURED.

## Other reports on N1FQ (1)

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

- [Accident 19830702039699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830702039699A), Jul 2, 1983: Conaer LA4 (N1FQ), Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Reported power loss on takeoff. Landed on overrun. Right main gear hit a hole taxiing to runway. Nose gear folded.

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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