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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Conaer LA4200 · Eastsound, WA · September 23, 1983

Date
September 23, 1983 · 16:10 local
Place
Eastsound, WA
Airport
Eastsound
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1251L
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83FA204
Reported as
Conaer LA4200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,800 total255 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was observed flying low over water and then pitch nose down into water. Bird feathers were in crash area.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW OVER WATER AND THEN PITCH NOSE DOWN INTO WATER. BIRD FEATHERS WERE IN CRASH AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.