# Accident 19990515005169A: Conaer LA4, Coeur D Alene, ID, May 15, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Coeur D Alene, ID
- Airport: Coeur D Alene Air Term Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7794° N, 116.7105° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7794&lon=-116.7105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152WB-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4 (registry code 5110302, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515005169A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ACFT CRASH-LANDED NEAR RWY 1/19, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MICHAEL KINCAID WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO PILOT JON WALTER IN N152WB. MR. WALTER WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT (COE). PILOT MICHAEL KINCAID STATED THAT THEY WERE ON FINAL, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUST. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT COULD NOT PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM EXITING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE AIRPORT SEGMENTED CIRCLE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. BOTH PILOTS ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF PREACCIDENT FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE. WEATHER: AT 19:40 HOURS Z: WIND 230/08; SEVERAL THERMALS REPORTED IN AREA BEFORE LANDING.

## 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 SEA99LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA063), May 15, 1999: Lake LA-4 (N152WB), Coeur D'Alene, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a repair weld on one of the engine pylon mount straps and the resultant reduction in directional control. Factors include an inadequate repair of the strap, variable wind…

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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