This LA-4 was originally registered as N7607L. In 1968 it went to Canada where it was registered CF-XXU. This was cancelled in Jun-1984 on return to the USA as N58249. In Jul-1986 this was changed to N19AK. On 14-Jun-1998 it crashed on take-off from a river 10 miles NE of Saint Mary's, AK after a day of fishing. The pilot was distracted by two ducks in the aircraft's flight path, and when his attention turned to the take-off again, it was too late to avoid a stand of trees. It sustained substantial damage, but the pilot was not injured. Only in Jun-2013 the registration was cancelled.