# Accident 19880730028429A: Conaer LA4200, Montpelier, VT, July 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Montpelier, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2664° N, 72.5715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montpelier, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2664&lon=-72.5715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2883P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2883P-2011-03-02) (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 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,495 total, 60 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880730028429A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGED FUEL PRESSURE ZERO, THEN QUIT. HIT DITCH AND NOSED OVER LANDING. RUST WATER CORROSION IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## 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 NYC88LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA198), Jul 30, 1988: Lake LA-4-200 (N2883P), Montpelier, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: ENGINE POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION OF WATER AND RUST PARTICLES IN FUEL SYSTEM.

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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