During turbulence, PA27 pilot lost navigation and communication radios.

Attributes
ACN	501810
Time
Date	200102
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc tracon : zzz.tracon tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	PA-23-250 Aztec
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	501810
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Turbulence -- could not maintain altitude and headings. Communication and navigation loss due to equipment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING TURB, PA27 PLT LOST NAV AND COM RADIOS.

Narrative: TURB -- COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALT AND HDGS. COM AND NAV LOSS DUE TO EQUIP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.