ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157919
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| Date: | 01-AUG-2013 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 4X-AKV |
| C/n / msn: | 31-8112021 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Eilat Airport, Eilat -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Herzliya Airport (HRZ/LLHZ) |
| Eilat Airport (ETH/LLET) |
Following an uneventful flight from Herzliya to Eilat, the aircraft was approaching runway 21 for landing. 10 ft above the runway a go around was initiated by the pilot due to misunderstanding of an order given by ATC to another aircraft. While descending prior to the go around, the pilot mistakenly closed the fuel valve to the right engine, when trying to switch fuel tanks. Since the plane was using very little power on final, the fact that the right engine was not operating wasn't noticed by the pilot. When the go around was initiated, the a symmetric power from the left engine made the plane to veered off the runway to the right and it came to rest upside down in a ditch. While both passengers were seriously injured, the pilot was killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.timesofisrael.com/eilat-plane-crash-kills-one-seriously-injures-two/
2. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4412772,00.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160907194547/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/2013/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-eilat-1-killed/
4. https://www.iskyteam.com/piper-pa-31-310-navajo-c.html_
Plane crashes now in Eilat Israel. pic.twitter.com/uWBiI6RnDV
— Life Saver (@Willihock) August 1, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2013 17:01 | harro | Added |
| 01-Aug-2013 17:04 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2015 21:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2018 06:33 | Architects | Updated [Narrative] |
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