What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot stated that he took off from a private field in ashland Maine. Said he was going to presque isle (pqi) to get fuel. He stated that there was 26-28 gallons of fuel on board when he took off. He decided to do some VOR work on his way to pqi. Pilot stated that the engine started to lose power. He had the fuel selector on the left tank. He stated the left tank fuel gauge was very low. He switched to the right tank and put on the boost pump. He said the engine started to regain some power and continued going to pqi. The engine started to lose power again, he switched the fuel selector to both, but engine continued to lose power. He decided he could not make it to the pqi, so he made an emergency landing in a field. He stated that the airplane had about 10-12 gallons of fuel on board when he landed. He landed in the field on the floats. He stated that when he landed the plane did not slow down due to the wet grass in the field. The planes right wing struck some trees at the end of the field that swung the planes propeller and nose into the trees.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM A PRIVATE FIELD IN ASHLAND MAINE. SAID HE WAS GOING TO PRESQUE ISLE (PQI) TO GET FUEL. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS 26-28 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN HE TOOK OFF. HE DECIDED TO DO SOME VOR WORK ON HIS WAY TO PQI. PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. HE HAD THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE LEFT TANK. HE STATED THE LEFT TANK FUEL GAUGE WAS VERY LOW. HE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK AND PUT ON THE BOOST PUMP. HE SAID THE ENGINE STARTED TO REGAIN SOME POWER AND CONTINUED GOING TO PQI. THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AGAIN, HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO BOTH, BUT ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER. HE DECIDED HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE PQI, SO HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD ABOUT 10-12 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN HE LANDED. HE LANDED IN THE FIELD ON THE FLOATS. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE LANDED THE PLANE DID NOT SLOW DOWN DUE TO THE WET GRASS IN THE FIELD. THE PLANES RIGHT WING STRUCK SOME TREES AT THE END OF THE FIELD THAT SWUNG THE PLANES PROPELLER AND NOSE INTO THE TREES.
NTSB investigation
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