ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147775
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| Date: | Saturday 18 August 2012 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II |
| Owner/operator: | Aviatour Air |
| Registration: | RP-C4431 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Masbate Pass, off Masbate City -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Cebu |
| Naga City | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed at sea when diverting to Masbate. On board were two pilots and two passengers: Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and his aide Senior Inspector Jun Abrazado. Abrazado was reportedly rescued by fishermen.
Rescuers have found parts of the Piper Seneca aircraft that crashed off Masbate as search and rescue operations for Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and two other passengers of the plane continues on Sunday, August 19 2012. The three remaining occupants are presumed to have died.
Divers recovered the body of Local Governments Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on 20 August 2012 in the morning, three days after his plane crashed off the coast of Masbate in the Bicol region. In subsequent days, the bodies of the two pilots were retrieved.
The air carrier is on the EU list of air carriers banned in the EU. It experimented another fatal accident in 2011.
Sources:
1. https://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=839513&publicationSubCategoryId=63
2. https://www.rappler.com/nation/10774-parts-of-robredo-plane-recovered
4. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/270304/small-plane-carrying-dilg-sec-jesse-robredo-crashes-off-masbate/story/
5. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2012/08/pilot-error-may-have-caused-plane-crash.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Philippine_Piper_Seneca_crash
7. http://pcdspo.gov.ph/downloads/2012/11/rp-c4431-air.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2012 11:11 | harro | Added |
| 19-Aug-2012 01:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 19-Aug-2012 02:24 | Mr. Propwash | Updated [Date] |
| 19-Aug-2012 09:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2012 10:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2012 01:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2012 09:55 | EU Safety List | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2016 19:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2016 19:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Mar-2019 17:00 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
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