# Incident 20060930027319I: Conaer LA4200, West Palm Beac, FL, September 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beac, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1059L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1059L) (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: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060930027319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LANTANA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. PILOT STATES THAT FUEL TANK WAS TOPPED OFF FULL TO FORTY GALLONS. PILOT STATES THAT HE FLEW INTO LAKE WALES, FLORIDA WITH A FLIGHT TIME OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS, DEPARTED LAKE WALES AND LANDED IN MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA. BEFORE LANDING AT MERRIT ISLAND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD 3/4 FUEL REMAINING. AFTER DEPARTING MERRIT ISLAND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOOKED AT THE FUEL GAUGE AND SAW THE FUEL GAUGE PEGGED TO FUEL. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE QUIT. ON SCENE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY OF FUEL, JUST SEVERAL DROPS OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE SUMP.

## Other reports on N1059L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070124010009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070124010009I), Jan 24, 2007: Conaer LA4200 (N1059L), West Palm Beac, FL, No damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] (the pilot and sole occupant of this amphibious aircraft) departed gilbert airport (kgif) in winter haven, FL on a…

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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