# Incident 20170809016999I: Beech 58, Luray, VA, August 9, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2017, 21:10 local time
- Place: Luray, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6642° N, 78.4545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Luray, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6642&lon=-78.4545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9021V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9021V) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170809016999I

## Narrative

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

ON 9 AUGUST, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 2100, A BEECH MODEL 58 ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM LURAY AIRPORT (LUA) VA.  AT TAKEOFF SPEED, THE PILOT COULD NOT PULL BACK ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROLS.    THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND EXITED RUNWAY 22 COMING TO A FULL STOP APPROXIMATLEY 50 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.   AT THAT TIME THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AND FAA WERE NOTIFIED.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLERS.

## Other reports on N9021V (1)

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

- [Accident 19750307008219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750307008219A), Mar 7, 1975: Beech 58 (N9021V), Rochester, MN, Substantial damage. Snow removal equip backed into taxiing acft. Plt preparing to call for taxi instructions.

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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