# Accident 19850608023629A: Conaer LA4200, Truckee, CA, June 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1985, 19:39 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Donner Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3280° N, 120.1833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truckee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3280&lon=-120.1833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80030, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80030-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA85LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850608023629A

## Narrative

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

USED A PORTION OF LAKE FOR DOWNWIND TAKEOFF INTO RISING TERRAIN. DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 8000 FEET. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 SEA85LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA130), Jun 9, 1985: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (N80030), Truckee, CA, destroyed

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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