# Incident 20040111010819I: Beech B19, Cape Coral, FL, January 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2004, 12:47 local time
- Place: Cape Coral, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5629° N, 81.9495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cape Coral, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5629&lon=-81.9495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6549R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6549R-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 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/20040111010819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/11/04 AT 13:20 EASTERN STANDARD TIME A BEECH AIRCRAFT B19-B, B-6549R REGISTERED TO MELIAIR LTD LANDED IN A RURAL FIELD DUE TO THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT/OWNER MR. CHRISTOPHER GREGORY HIGGINS, CERTIFICATE NO. 589381032 WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER VMC WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES DUE TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAGE FIELD IN FORT MYERS.

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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