# Accident 19810503023799A: Conaer LA4200, Sanibel, FL, May 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sanibel, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4510° N, 82.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanibel, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4510&lon=-82.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3136P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3136P-1982-05-21) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 190 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DLD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810503023799A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF ON ROUGH WATER. PORPOISED. DUG IN A WING-TIP FLOAT. WING-TIP STRUCK WATER STOPPING AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA81DLD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD39), May 3, 1981: Lake LA4200 (N3136P), Sanibel Island, FL, 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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