# Accident 19900615020529A: Conaer LA4200, Danbury, CT, June 15, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1990, 15:35 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3948° N, 73.4540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danbury, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3948&lon=-73.4540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76KK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 928 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900615020529A

## Narrative

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

LANDED AND PORPOISED ON TOP OF SUCCESSIVE WAVES.ADDED POWER,LIFTED NOSE HIGH.STALLED,DIVED INTO WATER, OVERTURNED.

## 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 NYC90FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA130), Jun 15, 1990: Consolidated Aeronautics LA-4-200 (N76KK), Danbury, CT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF THE LANDING FLARE.

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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