# Incident 20190404010719I: Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4, Easton, PA, April 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2019, 12:45 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Braden Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7422° N, 75.2429° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADEN AIRPARK (N43), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7422&lon=-75.2429&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1122L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1122L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4 (registry code 2400102, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATED AERONAUTICS INC. LAKE LA-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 8 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190404010719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THE FIRST TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY BUT THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT BECAUSE THE FLAP HANDLE WAS ?STUCK?. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED BY THE PILOT AND NO CAUSE WAS FOUND BUT THE FLAP SYSTEM STARTED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE PILOT THEN RESTARTED THE AIRCRAFT END TOOK OFF AGAIN. DURING THE SECOND CLIMB OUT THE GEAR AND FLAPS RETRACTED NORMALLY, THE FLAPS EXTENDED NORMALLY BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND BECAUSE THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOW ?STUCK?. AFTER DISCUSSION AND AN ATTEMPT TO USE THE EMERGENCY PUMP HANDLE THE PILOT AND PASSENGER AGREED TO LAND GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY. AN UNEVENTFUL BELLY LANDING WAS CONDUCTED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE KEEL. THE POH WAS NOT CONSULTED FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N1122L (1)

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

- [Incident 19840715048869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840715048869I), Jul 15, 1984: Conaer LA4200 (N1122L), Lake George, NY, Substantial damage. Became prematurely airborne on a water takeoff. Lost control and recontacted the surface.

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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