# Accident 20060720016449A: Piper PA32R300, Blacksburg, VA, July 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2006, 16:04 local time
- Place: Blacksburg, VA
- Airport: Virginia Tech Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N43945, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43945-2007-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 55 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060720016449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:50 PM, ON JULY 27, 2006, A PIPER PA-32R-300, N43945, DEPARTED RUNWAY 30 AT VA TECH MONTGOMERY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (BCB, IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA (SEE ATTACHMENTS). DURING TAKE-OFF, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A HARD LEFT TURN TO SET UP FOR LANDING ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED ON OVERRUN INJURING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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