Lake LA-4 accidents

The NTSB database holds 251 accidents and incidents involving the Lake LA-4, recorded between 1965 to 2026. 34 of them were fatal (14%), and 59 people died.

The deadliest year was 1986, with 7 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (63 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Finland.

171 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

251

Records

Fatal

Deaths

14%

Share fatal

1965 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 80 of 251 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 37

1970s 85

1980s 70

1990s 32

2000s 17

2010s 7

2020s 3

Where these happened

United States 241 Canada 3 Finland 2 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 2 Asia 1 Portugal 1

Operators involved

Northwest Lake 2 Lake Aircraft 2 Edward Brown 1 Beach Air Inc 1 John A. Steeby 1 C.v and O Ente 1

All 251 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Apr 1993	Lake LA-4-200 N39375	Gold Bar, Washington, United States	Helgeson, Robert C.	Fatal	4
17 May 1986	Lake LA-4-250 N1403A	Blue River, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	4
13 Jun 1977	Lake LA-4 N1223L	Matanuska Glcr, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
9 Jun 1990	Lake LA-4 N68DG	Onalaska, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	3
24 May 1986	Lake LA-4-200 N6190V	Lake Clark, Alaska, United States no coordinates	JAY A. Ofsthun	Fatal	3
2 Jun 2017	Lake LA-4-200 C-GZSW	Muskoka, Ontario, Canada	-	Fatal	2
18 Apr 1993	Lake LA-4 N7608L	Superior, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 1989	Lake LA-4-200-EP N8521Z	Bellevue, Washington, United States	Lake Aircraft	Fatal	2
12 Apr 1987	Lake LA-4-200 N2847P	Nixa, Missouri, United States	Joseph B. Carroll	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1983	Lake LA-4-200 N1251L	Eastsound, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Nov 1978	Lake LA-4 N2767P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Dec 1977	Lake LA-4 N6011V	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Oct 1975	Lake LA-4 N5037L	Skagway, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
14 Aug 1972	Lake LA-4 N1163L	Cairo, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Oct 1970	Lake LA-4 N7633L	New Cumbrlnd, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1970	Lake LA-4 N7603L	Hernando, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Memphis Air CH	Fatal	2
29 Mar 1968	Lake LA-4 N7601L	Sanford, Maine, United States no coordinates	Lake Aircraft	Fatal	2
5 Jul 2004	Lake LA-4-200 N6248V	Wilmot, New Hampshire, United States	Stephen Young	Fatal	1
4 Jan 1999	Lake LA-4-250 N14001	Laconia, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1996	Lake LA-4 N2664P	Azores, Portugal no coordinates	Dutchess Charters Inc.	Fatal	1
9 May 1996	Lake LA-4-200 N5040L	Sunapee, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	NH Wing Civil Air Patrol	Fatal	1
25 Jul 1990	Lake LA-4-200 N8011M	Gt. Barrington, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Paul E. Thorn	Fatal	1
5 Sep 1987	Lake LA-4-200 N39450	Coal Lake, Alaska, United States no coordinates	John A. Steeby	Fatal	1
8 Nov 1983	Lake LA-4-200 N5022L	St. Michaels, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	1
23 Jun 1983	Lake LA-4-200 N6029V	Gillette, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	1
30 Jul 1982	Lake LA-4-200 N2708P	Ketchikan Intl., Alaska, United States no coordinates	Lau-Te-Wah Corporation	Fatal	1
8 Aug 1981	Lake LA-4 N80091	Hilo, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Adams Aviation	Fatal	1
7 Feb 1981	Lake LA-4 N1125L	Middleboro, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Apr 1979	Lake LA-4 N7639L	Jonesboro, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Mar 1978	Lake LA-4 N2038L	Pierson, Florida, United States no coordinates	Banarama, Inc.	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1978	Lake LA-4 N6678L	Hawthorne, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Sep 1977	Lake LA-4 N1095L	Greenville, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 May 1975	Lake LA-4 C-GHIV	Red Bluff, California, United States no coordinates	Northwest Lake	Fatal	1
27 Jul 1969	Lake LA-4 N2034L	North Creek, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Jan 2026	Lake LA-4-200 N48X	Dewey, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
3 Aug 2021	Lake LA-4 N7615L	Lake Isabell, California, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
15 Dec 2020	Lake LA-4-200 N5023L	Orlando, Florida, United States	Island Hoppers Seaplanes 2 LLC	Minor injuries	-
3 Sep 2019	Lake LA-4-200 N6672L	Girdwood, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
25 Jul 2017	Lake LA 4 N7628L	Byron, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
29 Apr 2014	Lake LA-4 N1029L	Chapin, South Carolina, United States	Jay E Seward II	Minor injuries	-
25 Feb 2014	Lake LA 4 200 N1040L	Corona, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Sep 2013	Lake LA-4 N1136L	Monticello, Kentucky, United States	-	No injuries	-
1 Apr 2012	Lake LA-4-200 N32LB	Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States	Sheble Aviation	No injuries	-
17 Dec 2008	Lake LA-4-200 N85213	Apopka, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
23 Aug 2008	Lake LA-4 N1147L	Algonac, Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
25 Nov 2007	Lake LA-4-200 N1055L	Jacksonville, Florida, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
25 Apr 2006	Lake LA-4-200 N1051L	Lake Wales, Florida, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
16 Apr 2006	Lake LA-4-200 N2788P	Lady Smith, Canada no coordinates	Phillip W. Oldridge	No injuries	-
19 Sep 2004	Lake LA-4-200 OH-AKF	Kolari, Finland	-	Unknown	-
14 Mar 2004	Lake LA-4-200 N65675	Cusick, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-