# Incident 19841021071289I: Conaer LA4200, Mount Dora, FL, October 21, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1984, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mount Dora, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8133° N, 81.6334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Dora, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8133&lon=-81.6334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8513G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8513G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 40 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841021071289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TIGHTEN TURN DURING WATER TAXI. DISTRACTED BY CANOPY AND ALLOWED WING TO DROP. FLOAT HIT WATER, BROKE AWAY.

## Other reports on N8513G (1)

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

- [Incident 19880505041029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880505041029I), May 5, 1988: Conaer LA4200 (N8513G), Mchenry, IL, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard water landing with amphibious aircraft. Bounced and damaged nose section of hull.

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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