# Incident 19990320016809I: Conaer LA4200, Seattle, WA, March 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1999, 16:53 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999QQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999QQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 850 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320016809I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING AT BFI (13L) NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO FAILED NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD. MINOR DAMAGE, NO INJURIES, MORD TO FOLLOW.

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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