ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187545
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| Date: | Thursday 28 April 1994 |
| Time: | 11:44 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Sylvain Riochon (owner) |
| Registration: | F-BVOC |
| MSN: | 28-7405096 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | English Channel, 44 nm south east of Southampton, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rouen Airport, Rouen, France (URO/LFOP) |
| Cardiff-Wales Airport, Rhoose (CWL/EGFF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (presumed crashed and destroyed) 28-4-1994 when went missing over the English Channel, 44 nautical miles south east of Southampton, Hampshire. The pilot (the sole person on board) was also posted as missing, believed killed. The last radio transmission from the aircraft was at 11:39:30, when the pilot advised Southampton ATC that he was descending to 2,500 feet. Southampton ATC called F-BVOC at 11:52 hours, but received no reply. Southampton ATC called a further three times. but still got no reply.
Formal search and rescue/recovery operations were launched on the evening of April 28, and were resumed next day at 07:55 hours. They were called off at 11:50 hours. Very little wreckage was recovered - only a nose wheel and nose wheel leg were found. These were confirmed, from part/serial numbers on them as having come from F-BVOC. Apart from these items, no trace of F-BVOC or its pilot was ever found.
French registration F-BVOC formally cancelled by the French Civil Aviation Authorities on 28-10-2014 (over ten years later) as "REMOVED FROM OFFICE (FINALLY OUT OF STATE DIRECTIVE)"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54230080e5274a1314000a2f/Piper_PA-28-180_Archer__F-BVOC_10-94.pdf
2. French Civil Aircraft Register: http://web.archive.org/web/20120928112413/http://www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr:80/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html;jsessionid=82E1DAE3573ED03E9D47D0726AFFE8B6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2016 15:44 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 23-May-2016 15:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-May-2016 15:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-May-2016 14:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
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