- Registered owner
- Stofman Daniel M
- Location
- Whitehouse Station, NJ
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 1012
- Year built
- 1984
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- March 7, 1984
- Certificate issued
- July 24, 2017
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A88B75
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 5
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1987 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N65MAMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Valentin TAIFUN 17E aircraft
FAA incident reports · 3
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Incident 20120620013029ILanding: Rollout · Moriarty, NMOn June 20, 2012, N65MA, a Valentin taifun 17E, sustained minor damage when the nose landing gear collapsed on landing at the Moriarty, NM municipal airport (0E0). The local flight was being conducted under 14 CFR part 91 visual flight rules. Visual…Incident 20080902843629ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Gallup, NM(-23) On September 2, 2008 at 1310 MDT, a Valent 17-E motor glider, N65MA, registered ot the pilot, impacted terrain during takeoff from Gallup Municipal Airport in galup, NM. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was…Incident 19850127007539INormal Cruise · Naples, FLRan into high sink area. Unable to get engine started. Altitude was low. Landed in field.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N65MAGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Valentin TAIFUN 17E aircraft
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs are matched through the model’s type certificate data sheet, and this registry model isn’t matched to one.