# Accident 19990104046029A: Conaer LA4250, Laconia, NH, January 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5418° N, 71.4595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5418&lon=-71.4595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14001, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14001-2003-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerofab LAKE LA-4-250 (registry code 5110320, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerofab-lake-la-4-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4250
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990104046029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 33. ON JANUARY 4, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1215LCL, A LAKE LA-4-250, N14001, PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST POWER DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKE OFF.  ACCORDING TO A WITNESS NEAR THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAILING SMOKE SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF.  ANOTHER WITNESS ABOUT 3 MILES FROM DEPARTURE ALSO SAW SMOKE.  HE STATED THE SMOKE AND ENGINE NOISE STOPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF.  THE SMOKE AND ENGINE NOISE STARTED AGAIN AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT THEN HE WAS DISTRACTED.  WHEN HE REGAINED SIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS GOING BEHIND THE TREE LINE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION INDICATING THAT IT HAD MADE ANOTHER 180 DEGREE TURN AND THEN ANOTHER TURN OF ABOUT 90 DEGREES.  HE THEN SAW A CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE.  AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE.  THE PILOT WAS REMOVED BY NEARBY WITNESSES AND RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE PASSENGER/CFI,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^         WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 IAD99FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA025), Jan 4, 1999: Lake LA-4-250 (N14001), Laconia, NH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during initial climb due to oil starvation. Contributing to the accident was the failure to perform an engine overhaul.

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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