# Incident 19980702037569I: Conaer LA4200, Dresen, NY, July 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Dresen, NY
- Airport: Seneca Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N155TF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155TF-2004-03-04) (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 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 78 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702037569I

## Narrative

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

(--5) ON THURSADAY, JULY 2, 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EDT, A LAKE LA-4-200 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO ELMIRA/CORNING AIR SERVICE WAS TAKING OFF FROM SENECA LAKE NEAR DRESDEN, NY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SWELL, PORPOSED AND WATER LOOPED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR WING DAMAGE AND NO PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT IS TO HAVE REPAIRS BY THE LAKE FACTORY AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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