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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Valent TAIFUN 17E · Salida, CO · June 14, 2000

Date: June 14, 2000 · 12:35 local
Place: Salida, CO
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N76BP
Reported as: Valent TAIFUN17E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N76BPRegistered now · Valentin TAIFUN 17ES/N 1034 · Built 1984 Airframe modelValentin TAIFUN 17E Engine modelLimbach LIMBACH L20004 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23)According to witnesses pilot stated he departed harriet alexander airport in Salida Colorado; was unble to gain altitude; struck power lines and a barbed wire fence and came to rest in a field. Damage to the motor glider was minor. The owner/pilot was identified by the chaffee county sheriff and refused medical treatment according to the sheriffs report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ACCORDING TO WITNESSES PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED HARRIET ALEXANDER AIRPORT IN SALIDA COLORADO; WAS UNBLE TO GAIN ALTITUDE; STRUCK POWER LINES AND A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD. DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR GLIDER WAS MINOR. THE OWNER/PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFFS REPORT.

Other reports on N76BP · 1

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

Incident 19880123021319IInitial Approach-IFR · Caldwell, NJSnow showers approaching. Pilot returned to field. Tower did not answer call. Assumed weak radio. Continued to field.Jan 23, 1988