# Accident 19870816076559A: Conaer LA4200, Grafton, WV, August 16, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1987, 15:30 local time
- Place: Grafton, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3406° N, 80.0161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grafton, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3406&lon=-80.0161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59FC-1998-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 538 total, 116 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO87LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870816076559A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WAKE FROM BOAT DURING WATER LANDING BOUNCED AND STRUCK TREES ON SHORE IMPACTING GROUND NOSE DOWN.

## 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 BFO87LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA059), Aug 16, 1987: Lake LA-4-200 (N59FC), Grafton, WV, 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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