ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1368
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| Date: | Friday 12 June 1998 |
| Time: | 18:42 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Rif Air S.A.R.L. |
| Registration: | CN-TFP |
| MSN: | 31-7552086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 nm NW of Jersey, Channel Islands -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG/GMTT) |
| Guernsey Airport (GCI/EGJB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Aircraft was on a ferry flight from Tangiers to Guernsey when both engines failed due to fuel starvation. The pilot was going to refuel in France but kept on flying to Guernsey. As the aircraft was over the Channel islands the aircraft ran out of fuel and the pilot ditched the aircraft into the sea 3 nautical miles north-west of Jersey. (The AAIB report gives the crash location as 49'14" North, 02'18" West)
The accident killed the pilot (a Morrocan national) who was the sole person aboard the aircraft
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f803e5274a1314000665/2-99_CN_TFP.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_the_Channel_Islands#1990s
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170908020938/https://www.baaa-acro.com/1998/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-guernsey-1-killed/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2008 09:45 | JerseyPilot | Added |
| 26-May-2013 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 27-Nov-2014 14:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2017 16:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 30-Apr-2020 15:31 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
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