# Accident 19810808048019A: Conaer LA4200, Hilo, HI, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 07:40 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: General Lyman Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80091, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80091-2011-03-25) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808048019A

## Narrative

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

OVER GROSS AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO AVOID STALL IN RISING TERRAIN IN CLIMB. FERRY FLIGHT. FELL WING LOW IN TREES. BURNED.

## 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 LAX81FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA115), Aug 8, 1981: Lake LA-4 (N80091), Hilo, HI, destroyed, 1 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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