# Incident 19800822066129I: Piper PA23250, Blacksburg, VA, August 22, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Blacksburg, VA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.2313° N, 80.4267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blacksburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2313&lon=-80.4267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200GM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 500 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/19800822066129I

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE RADIO FAILURE IFR. PILOT CONTINUED IN AND LANDED IN VFR CONDITIONS. POWER SUPLY CANNON PLUG SPRUNG.

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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