# Accident 19780519017029A: Piper PA31T1, Martinsville, VA, May 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1978
- Place: Martinsville, VA
- Airport: Blue Ridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 36.6315° N, 80.0200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE RIDGE (MTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6315&lon=-80.0200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54292 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,149 total, 363 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780519017029A

## Narrative

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

LATE ABORT AFTER RECOGNITION OF CONTROL PROB. ELEV CONT CABLE BIN AGAINST LIGHTENING HOLE.

## 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 IAD78FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA066), May 19, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N54292), Martinsville, VA, substantial damage

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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