# Accident 19810118001899A: Conaer LA4, Tow, TX, January 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tow, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8877° N, 98.4641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tow, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8877&lon=-98.4641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3046P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3046P-1984-07-11) (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 LA4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,863 total, 17 in this make and model, 315 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRG17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810118001899A

## Narrative

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

DUG IN A PONTOON DURING FAST WATER STEP TURN. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## 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 FTW81DRG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRG17), Jan 18, 1981: Lake LA-4 (N3046P), Burnet, TX, substantial damage

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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