# Incident 19850326012929I: Beech 58, Abingdon, VA, March 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1985, 09:20 local time
- Place: Abingdon, VA
- Airport: Virginia Highlands
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6863° N, 82.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS (VJI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6863&lon=-82.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3858U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3858U-2010-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,250 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850326012929I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED ON YELLOW LINE WHEN WINGTIP STRUCK UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION TRAILER.

## Other reports on N3858U (2)

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

- [Incident 19891024059329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891024059329I), Oct 24, 1989: Beech 58 (N3858U), Oxford, NC, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear lever and landed with gear retracted. No malfunctions found.
- [Incident 19831122072399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831122072399I), Nov 22, 1983: Beech 58 (N3858U), Medford, OR. Lost control due to severe icing at 6000 ft. regained control at 3000 and landed. Too much ice for de ice system.

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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