# NTSB NYC81FA025: Lake LA-4, N1125L, Middleboro, MA, February 7, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 7, 1981
- Place: Middleboro, MA · MIDDLEBORO, MA
- Location: 41.8932° N, 70.9112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middleboro, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8932&lon=-70.9112&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 15, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127059
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC81FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0826   81/2/7    MIDDLEBORO,MA       LAKE LA-4           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 75, 3000
        TIME - 1430                    N1125L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEW BEDFORD,MA             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1125L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1125L-1991-11-08), registration cancelled 1991-11-08, S/N 287 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA-4
- Registry model: [Lake LA-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (registry code 5110302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19810207002989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207002989A), Feb 7, 1981: Conaer LA4, Middleboro, MA, Destroyed. Pilot suffered acute myocardial infraction in flight. Airplane dived into wooded area.

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.

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