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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Conaer LA4250 · Key Largo, FL · June 14, 1984

Date
June 14, 1984 · 13:00 local
Place
Key Largo, FL
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1400X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA84LA185
Reported as
Conaer LA4250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,984 total94 in this make and model85 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 hit a wave swell during flare for landing and pitched up to a nose high attitude causing stall and crash.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT A WAVE SWELL DURING FLARE FOR LANDING AND PITCHED UP TO A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE CAUSING STALL AND CRASH.

NTSB investigation

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