# Incident 19881229070099I: Conaer LA4200, Silver Grove, KY, December 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1988, 15:00 local time
- Place: Silver Grove, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0397° N, 84.3896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0397&lon=-84.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85020 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 185 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89IA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89IA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881229070099I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT SPONSON COLLIDED WITH PARTLY SUBMERGED LOG DURING TAKEOFF ON OHIO RIVER.

## 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 ATL89IA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89IA063), Dec 29, 1988: Lake LA-4-200 (N85020), Silver Grove, KY, incident, minor damage

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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