42.0974° N, 87.9817° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington Heights, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 20, 1983 · 15:40 local
Place
Arlington Heigh, IL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NR278
Reported as
Amtr Weedhopper
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Struck a cable stretched over a race track while flying around race track at an unsafe altitude.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK A CABLE STRETCHED OVER A RACE TRACK WHILE FLYING AROUND RACE TRACK AT AN UNSAFE ALTITUDE.