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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RALLY 3 · Fulton, IL · September 27, 1987

Date
September 27, 1987 · 08:50 local
Place
Fulton, IL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5582K
Reported as
Amtr RALLY3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total35 in this make and model5 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.

Hit powerlines while flying beside a train. Went out of control. Hit a tree. Tree lowered aircraft to the ground.

As the FAA filed it

HIT POWERLINES WHILE FLYING BESIDE A TRAIN. WENT OUT OF CONTROL. HIT A TREE. TREE LOWERED AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND.