# Accident 19870905050029A: Conaer LA4200, Coal Creek, AK, September 5, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1987, 15:23 local time
- Place: Coal Creek, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.3053° N, 143.1536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coal Creek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.3053&lon=-143.1536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39450, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39450-1990-08-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 503 total, 136 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC87FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870905050029A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. SKIDDED SIDEWAYS ON THE WATER THEN INVERTED AND SANK. HAD CROSSED PRIOR WAKE.

## 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 ANC87FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA140), Sep 5, 1987: Lake LA-4-200 (N39450), Coal Lake, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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