# Incident 19880303037569I: Wdl WDL1, Beaver Falls, PA, March 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7594° N, 80.3226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver Falls, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7594&lon=-80.3226&mi=10
- Aircraft: LDFM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WDL WDL1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880303037569I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE QUIT. LANDED AIRSHIP IN A OPEN FIELD. FOUND FUEL CONTAMINATION.

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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