# Incident 20041122029919I: Conaer LA4200, Deland, FL, November 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2004, 18:45 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8542Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8542Z-2009-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,699 total, 290 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041122029919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS, AT THE DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOCATED IN DELAND, FL, MR. WILLIAM ANDREW GIBSON, THE PILOT, LANDED AIRCRAFT N8542Z, A LAKE MODEL, LA-4-200, (AMPHIBIOUS) WITH IT'S LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. MR. GIBSON STATED THAT AFTER HIS THIRD TAXI BACK, HE RETURNED TO BASE, WHEN AN AIRCRAFT REPORTED CLEARANCE FOR LANDING. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SPOT THE AIRCRAFT, BECAME DISTRACTED AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. MR. GIBSON STATED THAT THERE IS NO LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THESE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH EXTENDED ONLY TO A PLASTIC FAIRING LOCATED IN THE CENTER BOTTOM OF THE KEEL.

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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