# Incident 19860331052439I: Conaer LA4200, Salt Lake City, UT, March 31, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1986, 14:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Great Salt Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39796 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860331052439I

## Narrative

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

DURING WATER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT SPONSON STRUCK AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT IN THE WATER. SPONSON SEPARATED.

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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