# Incident 19810816065919I: Conaer LA4200, Kodiak, AK, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6153V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6153V-1998-03-30) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 501 total, 412 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816065919I

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH TO A LAKE PILOT MISJUDGED HEIGHT ABOVE WATER. LOSS RIGHT SPONSON THEN LEFT SPONSON.

## Other reports on N6153V (1)

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

- [Incident 19780528040559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780528040559I), May 28, 1978: Conaer LA4200 (N6153V), Kodiak, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied into a hole due to failure of the brakes.

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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