# NTSB NYC79FA040: Lake LA-4, N7639L, Jonesboro, ME, April 20, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 20, 1979
- Place: Jonesboro, ME · JONESBORO, ME
- Location: 44.6626° N, 67.5725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonesboro, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6626&lon=-67.5725&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 27, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135744
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC79FA040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA040

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1266  79/4/20    JONESBORO,ME        LAKE LA-4           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 78, 298
        TIME - 0920                    N7639L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DRISKO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MACHIAS VALLEY,ME           JONESBORO,ME
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
        REMARKS- 900FT LANDING STRIP.OWNER STATED PLT HAD NOT LNDD AT STRIP BEFORE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7639L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7639L-2014-09-19), registration cancelled 2014-09-19, S/N 412, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4
- Registry model: [Lake LA-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (registry code 5110302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Drisko

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790420043129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790420043129A), Apr 20, 1979: Conaer LA4, Jonesboro, ME, Destroyed. Pilot delayed goaround and aircraft crashed into trees at end of runway.

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.

---
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.