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Date: | Thursday 3 December 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B |
Owner/operator: | Caradog Vaughn Jones |
Registration: | G-ATAO |
MSN: | 24-4053 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | English Channel 30 nautical miles South of Bournemouth, Dorset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Guernsey, Channel Islands (EGJB) |
Destination airport: | Hurn/Bourmemouth (EGHH) |
Investigating agency: | AIB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ditched into the English Channel, 30 miles south of Bournemouth, Dorset, due to engine failure whilst aircraft was cruising at 3,000 feet. Aircraft was en route from Guernsey, Channel Islands (EGJB) to Hurn/Bournemouth (EGHH). Aircraft ditched, sank, and was not recovered - although the two persons on board were rescued by a Royal Navy SAR helicopter with only minor injuries.
Registration G-ATAO cancelled as aircraft "destroyed" 5/12/1983
Sources:
1.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATAO-2.pdf 2.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1032977/ 3.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-ATAO.html 4.
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Piper%20PA%2024-250,%20G-ATAO%2003-82.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Feb-2008 09:45 |
JerseyPilot |
Added |
07-Jul-2012 13:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
05-Nov-2014 22:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2015 11:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
24-Dec-2021 17:28 |
harro |
Updated |
28-May-2023 21:12 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |
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