# Incident 20080301841479I: Conaer LA4200, Tampa, FL, March 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2008, 15:45 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117RF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117RF-2026-10-20) (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: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301841479I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MARCH 1, 2008, AT 15:45 UTC, A LAKE AMPHIBIAN (LA-4-200), N117RF, REGISTERED TO SHOALS CREEK AVIATION LLC, LANDED GEAR UP AT THE VANDENBERG AIRPORT, TAMPA, FL, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AICRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND NO ONE ONBOARD THE AICRAFT WAS INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT THAT MORNING.

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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