ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 10130
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1981 |
| Time: | 15:46 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 |
| Owner/operator: | Dick Sawyer International Inc |
| Registration: | N109TW |
| MSN: | 543 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean about 75 km N of Pago Pago -
 American Samoa
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Pago Pago, American Samoa | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot stated unable to transfer fuel from tip tanks to mains. Ditched in the Pacific Ocean north of Pago Pago due to fuel starvation, and sank.
Pilot Robert Stanley Shewry never found and presumed dead.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB
2. AL 184
3. AHSNZ, 1982, Newsletter 1.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Sep-2011 01:41 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2013 12:20 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2020 17:29 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2022 22:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source] |
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