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N1204L

Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4

N1204L is a Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kingston, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 11, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 20, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Consolidated Aeronautics Inc.
Model
LAKE LA-4 · all LAKE LA-4s and related versions
Serial number
709
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A056A1 (octal 50053241)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 11, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 20, 1975
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00370340

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Diehl Matthew J
Type
Individual
Address
27330 Ohio Ave NE
Kingston, WA 98346-9604

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N1204L, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Diehl Matthew J, an individual, certificate issued February 11, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 709 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1204L according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N1204L: Accident on November 14, 2015 at Morganton, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

GAA16CA062Accident on November 14, 2015 at Morganton, NC: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the departure, resulting in substantial damage to the airplanes right wing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA062 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data