# Accident 20250112001749A: Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200, Orange, MA, January 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2025, 09:15 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 72.2885° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-72.2885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8BZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8BZ) (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: CONSOLIDATED AERONAUTICS INC. LAKE LA-4-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,394 total, 251 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250112001749A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LAKE  AMPHIBIAN MODEL LA4-200, LANDED GEAR-UP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO RUNWAY 32 DUE TO A LANDING GEAR ISSUE.    THE PILOT STATED HE CONTACTED ATC ON 121.5 AND ADVISED ATC HE WAS HAVING A LANGING GEAR EXTENSION ISSUE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ALL THE WAY DOWN.  HE STATED THAT ATC ASKED IF HE WANTED ASSISTANCE AND HE SAID YES.  HE STATED TO ATC THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND AT THE ORANGE AIRPORT IN MASSACHUSETTS.   ATC CONTACTED THE ORANGE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AND THEY NOTIFIED THE LOCAL FIRE RESCUE.  BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING THE  FIRE RESCUE CREW WAS ON SCENE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT  SPONSON WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE.

## 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 ERA25LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA100), Jan 12, 2025: Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (N8BZ), Orange, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend and lock for undetermined reasons as a functional test of the landing gear system could not duplicate the anomaly.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.