# Incident 19980308006429I: Barstow, CA, March 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Barstow, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8986° N, 117.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barstow, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8986&lon=-117.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980308006429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1721 PST, MR. VANDERVALK WAS FLYING HIS QUICKSILVER MXL SPORT 2 AT THE WILD HORSE TRUCK STOP DURING A GRAND OPENING EXHIBITION. WHILE FLYING APPROXIMATELY 100 FT AGL WHEN THE BOOM CABLE FAILED DUE TO A BROKEN BOLT. MR. VANDERVALK LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE GROUND IT STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED VEHICLE. MR. VANDERVALK RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

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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