# Incident 20020920025799I: Frchld PT19A, Waldoboro, MN, September 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2002
- Place: Waldoboro, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N54804, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54804-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild PT-19A (registry code 3371608, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-pt-19a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD PT19A
- Reported engine: FCD 6440*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020920025799I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 09-20-2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS. THE PILOT OF N54804, DEPARTED THE LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE (LCI) AIRPORT ENROUTE TO THE ROCKLAND, MAINE AIRPORT (RKD). THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE AT THE LACONIA, NH AIRPORT HE HAD 24 GALLONS OF FUEL ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS, HE ALSO ESTIMATED THAT AT THE TIME OF FUELING THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONBOARD APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 GALLONS OF FUEL, HE STATED THAT THE TOTAL CAPACITY WAS 45 GALLONS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HRS. HE STATED THAT WHILE CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER, PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH SUFFICIENT POWER TO KEEP FROM DESCENDING BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE MEDOMAX RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WALDOBORO, MAINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN SALT WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 DAYS BEFORE BEING RECOVERED. INITIAL IMPACT DAMAGED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE COWLING, NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FROM IMPACT WAS OBSERVED. RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRAILING EDGE WING ROOT FAIRING AND THE UNDER OF THE TAIL CONE SECTION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED NEXT TO JOHNSON ISLAND BY A LOBSTER BOAT TOWING THE AIRCRAFT BY THE TAIL SECTION, THIS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER.

## Other reports on N54804 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090808015029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090808015029A), Aug 8, 2009: Frchld PT19A (N54804), Colorado Sprin, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed runway 33 at 00V, this departure has an uphill grade into gently rising terrain over judge orr rd. aircraft failed to gain altitude.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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