# Incident 19850810064499I: Piper PA22108, Roanoke, VA, August 10, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1985, 13:35 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Municipal Woodrum
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N4674Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4674Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850810064499I

## Narrative

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

ENTERED AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA WITHOUT COMMUNICATION WITH ATC. LANDED VIA A LIGHT SIGNAL. BROKEN MIKE JACK WIRE.

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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