# Accident 19790307004239A: Conaer LA4200, Battle Ground, WA, March 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1979, 17:03 local time
- Place: Battle Ground, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7769° N, 122.5411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Ground, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7769&lon=-122.5411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1229L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1229L-1982-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 886 total, 49 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790307004239A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE WAS ON A INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. IT WAS OBSERVED TO SPIN INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA023), Mar 7, 1979: Lake 4-200 (N1229L), Battle Ground, WA, destroyed, 3 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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