# Incident 20080902843629I: Valent TAIFUN17E, Gallup, NM, September 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: Gallup Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5111° N, 108.7893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GALLUP MUNI (GUP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5111&lon=-108.7893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Valentin TAIFUN 17E (registry code 9370100, https://openairdocs.org/model/valentin-taifun-17e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VALENT TAIFUN17E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 55 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080902843629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 AT 1310 MDT, A VALENT 17-E MOTOR GLIDER, N65MA, REGISTERED OT THE PILOT, IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF FROM GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN GALUP, NM.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE INCIDENT.  THE PILOT, WHO A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE INCIDENT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N65MA (2)

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

- [Incident 20120620013029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120620013029I), Jun 20, 2012: Valentin Gmbh TAIFUN 17E (N65MA), Moriarty, NM, Minor damage. On June 20, 2012, N65MA, a Valentin taifun 17E, sustained minor damage when the nose landing gear collapsed on landing at the Moriarty, NM municipal airport…
- [Incident 19850127007539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850127007539I), Jan 27, 1985: N65MA, Naples, FL, Minor damage. Ran into high sink area. Unable to get engine started. Altitude was low. Landed in field.

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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