ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31792
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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 1983 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250B Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Royle Aviation Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ARMH |
| MSN: | 27-443 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, approx. 40 miles SW of Tangiers -
 Morocco
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Casablanca-Anfa Airport (CAS/GMMC) |
| North Front Airport, Gibraltar (GIB/LXGB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off 1.8.83: Ditched and sank into the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 40 miles south-west of Tangiers, Morocco, and three miles off the coast, due to failure of the right hand engine. The ditching was successful, in that the two persons on board escaped the sinking Piper Aztec, and sustained only minor injuries. The Piper Aztec sank in under two minutes, and was not recovered.
The two crew were self-rescued, in that they swam the three miles to shore themselves (there was no SAR effort launched). Upon reaching land, the two crew found that they had reached an uninhabited area, and they had to walk for five hours before they found human habitation, and informed the Moroccan authorities of their survival
Registration G-ARMH cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" on 1.8.84 - exactly 51 weeks later
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fcc9ed915d13740008a5/Piper_PA23-250_Aztec__G-ARMH_12-83.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARMH-3.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1160302/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2014 01:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2015 22:02 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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