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Incident

FAA incident report · Valent TAIFUN 17E · Caldwell, NJ · January 23, 1988

Date
January 23, 1988 · 14:21 local
Place
Caldwell, NJ
Airport
Essex Co
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N76BP
Reported as
Valent TAIFUN17E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total35 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Snow showers approaching. Pilot returned to field. Tower did not answer call. Assumed weak radio. Continued to field.

As the FAA filed it

SNOW SHOWERS APPROACHING. PILOT RETURNED TO FIELD.TOWER DID NOT ANSWER CALL.ASSUMED WEAK RADIO. CONTINUED TO FIELD.

Other reports on N76BP · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.