# Accident 19800809058369A: Conaer LA4200, Cascade Locks, OR, August 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1980, 14:15 local time
- Place: Cascade Locks, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6760° N, 121.8687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cascade Locks, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6760&lon=-121.8687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65640, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65640-1982-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 161 total, 143 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800809058369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH FAULTY ENGINE. CRASHED IN WATER IMMEDIATELYAFTER TAKEOFF.

## 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 SEA80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA040), Aug 9, 1980: Aerofab LA-4-2 (N65640), Cascade Locks, OR, destroyed, 4 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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