# Accident 19800824037789A: Conaer LA4, Skwentna, AK, August 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1980, 18:45 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9903° N, 151.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skwentna, AK, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9903&lon=-151.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1108L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1108L-1981-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4 (registry code 2400102, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 178 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800824037789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTING LANDING ON GLASSY WATER. AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND SANK.

## 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 ANC80FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA089), Aug 24, 1980: Lake 4-200 (N1108L), Hewitt Lake, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1108L (1)

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

- [Incident 19780601041409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780601041409I), Jun 1, 1978: Conaer LA4200 (N1108L), Kenai, AK. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear before touchdown. Pilot preoccupied by rain showers.

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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