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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Valent TAIFUN 17E · Bunnell, FL · July 2, 1989

Date
July 2, 1989 · 11:20 local
Place
Bunnell, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17ET
Reported as
Valent TAIFUN17E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
782 total200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

Unable to restart engine after soaring. Landed in rough field. Gear collapsed. Suspect magneto or switch.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AFTER SOARING. LANDED IN ROUGH FIELD. GEAR COLLAPSED. SUSPECT MAGNETO OR SWITCH.