# Accident 20070413006269A: Conaer LA4200, Sarasota-Brade, FL, April 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2007, 11:08 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Brade, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3956° N, 82.5544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3956&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8543W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8543W-2010-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 958 total, 499 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070413006269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A LAKE LA-4-200, N8543W, COLLIDED WITH UTILITY POWER LINES WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ) SARASOTA, FL. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST DEPARTED RUNWAY 4 AT SRQ, WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GENERATING SUFFICIENT POWER TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT MANAGED TO CLIMB APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AS THE PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MADE A DISTRESS CALL TO ATC. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A ROAD THAT RAN PARALLEL AND ABOUT 3000 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHEN THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WITH POST CRASH FIRE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE VERTEBRAE. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED WHICH ORIGINATED AT SARASOTA, FL, WITH A DESTINATION OF BARTOW, FL (BOW). THE WEATHER WAS VFR.

## 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 MIA07LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA074), Apr 13, 2007: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (N8543W), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during initial climb after takeoff, resulting in a forced landing, and an in-flight collision with transmission wires and terrain.

## Other reports on N8543W (1)

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

- [Incident 19960331011729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960331011729I), Mar 31, 1996: Conaer LA4200 (N8543W), Wauchula, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed at Wauchula Municipal Airport on 3-31-96, with its gear up. Robert kellett was receiving flight instruction from norval dawson at…

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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