What happened
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On March 10, 2012 N738QF departed burlington international airport (btv) for franklin county state airport (fso) on a pleasure flight, piloted by privacy data omitted to do touch and go's. after finishing at fso privacy data omitted, the soul occupant, headed for newport state airport (efk) for touch and go's, then north to lake memphremagog for some low flying, below 100 feet. He returned to a flight level of 1200 feet, heading for efk for more touch and go's, when he decided to fly low over the fields northeast of Orleans, VT, west of interstate 91. Leaving the fields for the medium of the interstate south bound, just north of exit 26, the main street exit, he climbed up to the left through 3 power lines crossing I-91. The power lines were broken, falling onto the interstate and later closing I-91 north and south bound. N738QF suffered a broken windshield, pilot's window, a jammed rudder, left wing and strut leading edge damage and pitting from electrical arcing at the base of the windshield and the left wing and strut. privacy data omitted Regained control, climbed to an altitude to find efk and flew the aircraft approximately 5 miles north to efk. He landed without incident, taxied, and parked exiting the aircraft for the FBO.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 10, 2012 N738QF DEPARTED BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE AIRPORT (FSO) ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DO TOUCH AND GO'S. AFTER FINISHING AT FSO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOUL OCCUPANT, HEADED FOR NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT (EFK) FOR TOUCH AND GO'S, THEN NORTH TO LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG FOR SOME LOW FLYING, BELOW 100 FEET. HE RETURNED TO A FLIGHT LEVEL OF 1200 FEET, HEADING FOR EFK FOR MORE TOUCH AND GO'S, WHEN HE DECIDED TO FLY LOW OVER THE FIELDS NORTHEAST OF ORLEANS, VT, WEST OF INTERSTATE 91. LEAVING THE FIELDS FOR THE MEDIUM OF THE INTERSTATE SOUTH BOUND, JUST NORTH OF EXIT 26, THE MAIN STREET EXIT, HE CLIMBED UP TO THE LEFT THROUGH 3 POWER LINES CROSSING I-91. THE POWER LINES WERE BROKEN, FALLING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND LATER CLOSING I-91 NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND. N738QF SUFFERED A BROKEN WINDSHIELD, PILOT'S WINDOW, A JAMMED RUDDER, LEFT WING AND STRUT LEADING EDGE DAMAGE AND PITTING FROM ELECTRICAL ARCING AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND THE LEFT WING AND STRUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGAINED CONTROL, CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE TO FIND EFK AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH TO EFK. HE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, TAXIED, AND PARKED EXITING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE FBO.
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