# Accident 19820509015519A: Conaer LA4200, Dowagiac, MI, May 9, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1982, 12:00 local time
- Place: Dowagiac, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9834° N, 86.1128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dowagiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9834&lon=-86.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8005E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 23 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820509015519A

## Narrative

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

SEAPLANE WAS MAKING LEFT STEEP TURN WHEN RIGHT SPONSON CAUGHT WAKE OF BOAT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI82DA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA159), May 9, 1982: Lake LA-4 (N8005E), Dowagiac, MI, 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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