ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1549
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| Date: | Friday 5 December 2003 |
| Time: | 17:57 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Transal Aero |
| Registration: | N8326Y |
| MSN: | 30-1468 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-320-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jersey Airport, St. Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jersey Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) |
| Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport (KJK/EBKT) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, which was based in Belgium, had taken off from Jersey on a flight to Kortrijk-Wevelgem (Flanders International) Airport. After a period of about 20 minutes, whilst under the control of Brest Air Traffic Control, they advised the pilot that his transponder code was not being received. The pilot checked and reset his transponder without success and he was then refused entry into controlled airspace. He decided to return to Jersey. Shortly afterwards his communications radio transmitter seemed to fail as well, followed shortly by a complete failure of all electrical power.
The pilot declared an emergency to Jersey using a hand-held radio and received radar vectors to return to the airport: he subsequently praised the assistance rendered by Jersey Air Traffic Control throughout the emergency. He lowered the landing gear using the emergency system, completing the landing checks and monitoring the instruments by the light of a torch held by a passenger. Because he had no means of checking that the gear was locked-down, he performed two passes of the tower, who confirmed that it appeared to be in the extended position. He made an approach on Runway 09 but, during the landing roll, the nose gear collapsed, shortly followed by both main gears.
After a short ground slide, the aircraft came to rest on the runway and the occupants evacuated normally without injury.
The Belgian company that maintained N8326Y visited Jersey some 6 weeks later to inspect the aircraft. They found that although the battery was now weak it still provided electrical power. After the accident the gear had been manually placed in the down and locked position and the landing gear indicating lights now illuminated 'three greens'. They were unable to reproduce any problems with the electrical system. As the aircraft was not on jacks, no attempt was made to investigate the operation of the landing gear emergency extension mechanism.
The owner's insurance company advised that although the aircraft was declared a total loss by themselves, primarily due to the costs of shipping to a mainland repair organisation
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f5b6e5274a13170005bb/dft_avsafety_pdf_029062.pdf
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=8326Y
Media:
Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B N8236Y at Rotterdam-Zestienhoven (RTM/EHRD), Netherlands:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2008 07:00 | JerseyPilot | Added |
| 14-Dec-2012 15:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2014 23:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2015 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2016 21:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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