# Incident 19780815037019I: Beech 58, Roanoke, VA, August 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1978, 12:40 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Woodrun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17529, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17529-2012-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,502 total, 2,502 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780815037019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GER BEFORE LANDING. NOSE GEAR ROD FAILED.

## Other reports on N17529 (2)

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

- [Incident 19870830055679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870830055679I), Aug 30, 1987: Beech 58 (N17529), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Gear could not be extended for landing. Landed beside runway with gear up. Internal failure of gearbox.
- [Incident 19870123005859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870123005859I), Jan 23, 1987: Beech 58 (N17529), Tyonek, AK, Minor damage. Allowed aircraft to drift off centerline on landing and struck a snowbank that was left on edge of the runway.

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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