Date:	Friday 11 February 2022
Time:	13:00 LT
Type:	Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-KNOW
MSN:	32-7840111
Year of manufacture:	1978
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-540-K1G5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Titch Hill, near Steyning, West Sussex -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Lee-On-Solent Airfield (EGHF)
Destination airport:	Lydd International Airport (LYX/EGMD)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six crashed after having suffered a loss of engine power while en-route. The crew declared a MAYDAY, and then made a forced landing in a field at Titch Hill, near Steyning, West Sussex. Both occupants sustained serious injuries.

Conclusion
The aircraft’s engine stopped because the fuel tank being used ran out of useable fuel.
There was sufficient fuel in the remaining three tanks to complete the flight. Relevant emergency checklists were not carried out and the aircraft struck hilly ground.
Proper fuel management, especially on aircraft with multiple fuel tanks, and regularly self-briefing emergency procedures in a threat and error management context could reduce the risk of, or consequences of, engine stoppage due to fuel starvation.

1. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19919468.loud-thump-eyewitness-describes-moment-steyning-plane-crash/
2. https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/pictures-and-video-of-downs-plane-crash-near-steyning-3565531
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60353732
4. https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-02-11/pilot-and-passenger-seriously-injured-in-light-aircraft-crash-near-worthing
5. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GKNOW/history/20220211/1240Z/EGHF/L%2050.89457%20-0.32922
6. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=120677
7. https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/ (Enter, KNOW in the search box)
8. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-KNOW/955934
9, https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=402c8c&lat=50.903&lon=-0.390&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2022-02-11&leg=1

The aircraft was imported to the U.K. Sept 21,1988 (Formerly registered as N9694C in the U.S.)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

3 July 2019	G-KNOW	Private	0	Le Touquet Airport (LTQ/LFAT)		sub
Gear collapse

The AAIB has published a report into a Piper PA-32-300 (G-KNOW) after is suffered engine failure at Steyning Valley, South Downs Way, East Sussex, on 11 February 2022.

Read the report here https://t.co/UU4TFA6s3Y #AviationSafety pic.twitter.com/xGpAPf5piI

— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) June 1, 2023

G-KNOW Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six @ Lydd 09/09/2020

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Feb-2022 15:44	gerard57	Added
11-Feb-2022 17:25	harro	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport]
11-Feb-2022 19:44	harro	Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
11-Feb-2022 19:48	harro	Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2022 14:59	sharla82	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source]
12-Feb-2022 15:41	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2022 15:44	RobertMB	Updated [Narrative]
12-Feb-2022 15:46	RobertMB	Updated [Time]
12-Feb-2022 18:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
12-Feb-2022 18:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Embed code]
13-Feb-2022 03:53	johnwg	Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category]
13-Feb-2022 08:00	harro	Updated [Registration, Destination airport, Narrative]
13-Feb-2022 14:20	johnwg	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Feb-2022 22:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
02-Oct-2022 20:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
01-Jun-2023 19:31	harro	Updated [[Source]]
26-Feb-2024 08:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Category]
26-Feb-2024 08:51	ASN	Updated [Embed code, Narrative]