# Incident 19880326024629I: Amtr QUICKSILVER, Vidalia, LA, March 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1988, 17:18 local time
- Place: Vidalia, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 31.5668° N, 91.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vidalia, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5668&lon=-91.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR712 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR QUICKSILVER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880326024629I

## Narrative

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

ULTRALIGHT HIT AND BROKE POWERLINES  WHILE FLYING ALONG LEVEE. VEHICLE CRASHED AND BURNED SERIOUSLY INJURING PILOT.

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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