ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162478
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 November 2013 |
| Time: | 06:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Hinde Holdings Ltd |
| Registration: | G-STHA |
| MSN: | 31-8052077 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LTIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southend Airport, Southend, Essex (SEB/EGMC) |
| Kidlington Aerodrome, Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Uncontained left hand engine failure following separation of cylinder head assembly. VVB Flight 240 carried out a safe emergency landing at London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW), Luton, Bedfordshire. According to the summary from the official AAIB report into the incident:
"During cruise at FL80, the left engine suffered a mechanical failure. The crew shut down the engine and feathered the propeller but were unable to maintain altitude. An emergency landing was completed at Luton Airport without further incident. Inspection found the No 2 cylinder assembly of the left engine had detached from the crankcase due to an internal failure. At the time of writing a detailed examination of the engine had not taken place, so it is not possible to draw any firm conclusions as to the cause of the failure."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f9beed915d1371000767/Piper_PA-31-350_Navajo_Chieftan_G-STHA_06-14.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=STHA
3. https://www.pprune.org/atc-issues/528177-vee-trans-240-mayday-luton.html
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-STHA.html
5. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/6238115
Media:
G-STHA Piper PA-31-250 Navajo Chieftain at Shoreham Airport, 16 Feb 2008:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2013 10:18 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 24-Nov-2013 10:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2013 20:40 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2013 07:56 | javelin678 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2014 13:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2017 15:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Oct-2017 15:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 22-Oct-2017 15:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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