# Accident 20100922046409A: Consolidate LAKE LA-4-2, September 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Airport: New Castle International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4722° N, 80.1011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4722&lon=-80.1011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8001J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8001J-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200 (registry code 2400108, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATE LAKE LA-4-2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 900 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA497) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100922046409A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF ON A WET GRASS STRIP.  AFTER THE ABORT WAS ATTEMPTED, ELECTED TO ADD FULL POWER TO ATTEMPT TO CLEAR OBSTACLES, CLIPPED A SMALL TREE, GRAZED A LARGE BOULDER AND CAME TO REST IN A SMALL POND NOSE DOWN.

## 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 ERA10CA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA497), Sep 22, 2010: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (N8001J), New Castle, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N8001J (1)

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

- [Incident 19791213047069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791213047069I), Dec 13, 1979: Conaer LA4A (N8001J), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend gear for landing.

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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