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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2004


                               LMI AEROSPACE, INC.
                               PROFIT SHARING AND
                             SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                    Missouri
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


       0-24293                                           43-1309065
(Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)

3600 Mueller Road, St. Charles, Missouri                    63302
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (636) 946-6525
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

         (a) On January 30, 2004, LMI Aerospace,  Inc., the  administrator  (the
         "Plan  Administrator")  of the LMI Aerospace,  Inc.  Profit Sharing and
         Savings Plan and Trust (the  "Plan") was  informed by Conner Ash,  P.C.
         ("Conner Ash") that Conner Ash would not be able to serve as the Plan's
         independent  accountant  with  respect  to the  Plan's  2003  financial
         statements  because  Conner  Ash was not  registered  with  the  Public
         Company Accounting  Oversight Board. The decision to change independent
         accountants was recommended and approved by the Plan Administrator (but
         not by the Plan Administrator's Board of Directors or Audit Committee).
         The reports of Conner Ash on the  financial  statements of the Plan for
         the past two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of
         opinion and were not  qualified  or modified as to  uncertainty,  audit
         scope or accounting principles.  In connection with its audits for each
         of the two most recent fiscal years and through June 10, 2004, the date
         of this Report, there have been no disagreements with Conner Ash on any
         matter of  accounting  principles  or  practices,  financial  statement
         disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements,  if not
         resolved to the  satisfaction  of Conner Ash,  would have caused Conner
         Ash to  make  reference  thereto  in  their  report  on  the  financial
         statements for such years.  During the two most recent fiscal years and
         through  June 10,  2004,  the date of this  Report,  there have been no
         reportable events (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)). The
         Plan has provided Conner Ash with a copy of this Form 8-K and requested
         that  Conner  Ash  provide a letter  addressed  to the  Securities  and
         Exchange Commission, stating whether it agrees with the statements made
         by the Plan in this Form 8-K and, if not, stating the respects in which
         it does not agree,  as  promptly  as possible so that the Plan can file
         the letter  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  within ten
         business days after the filing of this Form 8-K.

         (b) BKD, LLP accepted an engagement to serve as the Plan's  independent
         accountant on June 10, 2004,  effective as of such date.  BKD, LLP will
         audit the  financial  statements of the Plan for its fiscal year ending
         December  31,  2003.   The  Plan   Administrator   (but  not  the  Plan
         Administrator's  Board of Directors or Audit  Committee)  selected BKD,
         LLP to serve as the Plan's independent  accountants.  During the Plan's
         two most recent  years ended  December  31, 2002 and 2001,  and through
         June 10,  2004,  the Plan did not consult with BKD, LLP with respect to
         the  application of accounting  principles to a specified  transaction,
         either  completed or proposed,  or the type of audit opinion that might
         be rendered on the Company's financial  statements,  or any matter that
         was either the  subject of a  disagreement  or a  reportable  event (as
         defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).



                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan
Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
June 17, 2004

                                       LMI AEROSPACE, INC. PROFIT SHARING
                                       AND SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST

                                       By: LMI AEROSPACE, INC.,
                                           as Plan Administrator

                                       By: /s/ Lawrence E. Dickinson
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                                           Lawrence E. Dickinson
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Secretary