# Accident 20090808015029A: Frchld PT19A, Colorado Sprin, CO, August 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2009, 10:35 local time
- Place: Colorado Sprin, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9406° N, 104.5686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9406&lon=-104.5686&mi=10
- 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: RANGER L440
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA505](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA505) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090808015029A

## Narrative

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

(-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.  APPEARED TO WITNESSES TO STALL, AND CRASH LAND ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND RIGHT WINGTIP CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO HIT NOSE FIRST AND COME TO REST ON ITS BACK (INVERTED) AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND RIGHT WING RIPPED FROM FUSELAGE.  (RIGHT WING DESTROYED).  PILOT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES TO SHOULDER AND HEAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09CA505](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA505), Aug 8, 2009: Fairchild PT-19A (N54804), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid an aerodynamic stall during a high-density altitude takeoff.

## Other reports on N54804 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020920025799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020920025799I), Sep 20, 2002: Frchld PT19A (N54804), Waldoboro, MN, Minor damage. (-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…

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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