# Incident 19990803046929I: Amrgen AA1A, Luray, VA, August 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1999, 20:00 local time
- Place: Luray, VA
- Airport: Luray Caverns Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6667° N, 78.5008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LURAY CAVERNS (LUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6667&lon=-78.5008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9259L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9259L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990803046929I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO TIE DOWN NEXT TO THE CESSNA (N13464) AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 ON 3RD OF AUGUST AND STRUCK THE CESSNA.  DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA WAS THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND REPAIRABLE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                              THIS AIRCRAFT IS STEARED BY BRAKING AND HE WAS TAXIING ON GRASS.  NO GRASS DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE WHICH WOULD INDICATE HEAVY BRAKING. AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE IN TIE-DOWN.

## Other reports on N9259L (1)

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

- [Accident 19740429010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740429010599A), Apr 29, 1974: Grumav AA1A (N9259L), Bristol, PA, Substantial damage. T/d in crab,acft veered of rwy struck some brush on r side of rwy. Wind gusting 25K.

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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