# Accident 19980112000269A: Amtr TIAFUN17E, Pensacola, FL, January 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3894° N, 87.3704° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3894&lon=-87.3704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16MA-1998-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Valentin TAIFUN 17E (registry code 9370100, https://openairdocs.org/model/valentin-taifun-17e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TIAFUN17E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,276 total, 68 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980112000269A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON JANUARY 12, 1998, ABOUT 1630 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A VALENTIN TIAFUN 17E, N16MA, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER CRASHED ON LANDING ROLLOUT DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE VICINITY OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM CLEMSON, TO WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT HE REALIZED HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND HAD MISIDENTIFIED THE GULF OF MEXICO AS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO A RAOD IN A HOUSING SUBDIVISION. THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH A FENCE POST AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT, NOSED OVER, AND THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. (-23) PILOT WAS LOST, LANDED IN HOUSING AREA ON STREET THOUGHT IT WAS FERGUSON FIELD, ORIGINAL DESTINATION WAS WINTER HAVEN FL. HIT TREE AND STREET SIGN, BOTH WINGS DAMAGED, ENGINE AND PROP TORN OFF, PILOT LANDED AT NAS IN PNS FOR FUEL. THEY DREW HIM A MAP TO GO TO FERGUSON FIELD FOR FUEL, AIRCRAFT                                  IS AN EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT WITH RET-GEAR, FULL IFR.

## 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 MIA98LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA059), Jan 12, 1998: Valentin Tiafun 17E (N16MA), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and failure to see-and-avoid an obstruction during a precautionary landing on a paved road. Factors relating to the accident were: the resultant low…

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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