# Incident 19790801029259I: Conaer LA4200, Columbia, SC, August 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1202L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1202L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4 (registry code 2400102, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 50 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/19790801029259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING, WAS DISTRACTED BY INOPERATIVE ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N1202L (1)

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

- [Incident 20070530014389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070530014389I), May 30, 2007: Conaer LA4 (N1202L), Warriors Mark, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed aoo. After approx. 20 minutes began to lose power, airspeed and altitude, landing in wheat field in nw huntington county with no…

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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