# Accident 19910719028729A: Valent TAIFUN17E, West Arlington, VT, July 19, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1991, 15:30 local time
- Place: West Arlington, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1034° N, 73.2126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Arlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1034&lon=-73.2126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333VT-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Valentin TAIFUN 17E (registry code 9370100, https://openairdocs.org/model/valentin-taifun-17e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Limbach 1700E (registry code 38602, https://openairdocs.org/engine/limbach-1700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VALENT TAIFUN17E
- Reported engine: LIMBAH L2000EB1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,942 total, 61 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91DNC03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DNC03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910719028729A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED CIRCLING LOW ALTITUDE, CRASHED INTO TREES. HAD NO MEDICAL, SEVERE HEART CONDITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC91DNC03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DNC03), Jul 19, 1991: Valentin GMB H Taifun 17E (N333VT), West Arlington, VT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PHYSIOLOGICAL INCAPACITATION DUE TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WHICH RESULTED IN INCAPACITATION AND INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES.

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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