# Incident 20210107003049I: Canaan, VT, January 7, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2021, 21:20 local time
- Place: Canaan, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 45.0071° N, 71.5339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canaan, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0071&lon=-71.5339&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210107003049I

## Narrative

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

ON THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, FLYING ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN VERMONT AND CANADA.

THE CONTROLLER BATTERY BEGAN TO RUN DOWN SO THE PIC PLUGGED IT INTO AN EXTERNAL SOURCE.  AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTROLLER.  THE NORMAL PROCEDURE IS FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO HOLD ITS PRESENT POSITION FOR 10 SECONDS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT FLIES BACK TO HOME BASE.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RETURN TO BASE.  THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO GET THE AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO BASE BUT THIS DID NOT WORK.  USING THE LAST GPS POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PIC AND VISUAL OBSERVER MOVED TO THAT POSITION.  HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN COMMUNICATIONS CLOSER TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED IN A TREE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

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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