ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186301
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| Date: | Thursday 21 November 1991 |
| Time: | 17:48 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec E |
| Owner/operator: | Dundair International Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-OESX |
| MSN: | 27-7304927 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | In the sea off Porto Levante, Gulf of Venice -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cannes–Mandelieu Airport, Cannes, France (CEQ/LFMD) |
| Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Allais, near Paris | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 21-11-1991 when crashed into the sea off Port Levante, in the Gulf of Venice, off the coast of Italy. The aircraft's last flight does contain an element of mystery. The aircraft was scheduled to depart from Cannes, in the south of France, to fly to Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Allais, near Paris.
Whilst the aircraft did indeed take off from Cannes–Mandelieu Airport, Cannes at 13:18 hours, instead of flying north-north-west towards the Paris area, it headed east, and was last seen on radar at 17:39 hours in the vicinity of Ca Negra, near Chioggia, which is in the Venice area.
At this point the aircraft disappeared from radar, and is presumed to have crashed at around 17:48 hours into the Gulf of Venice off Porto Levante at approximate co ordinates 45°19′ 0″ N, 13°0′ 0″ E. The AAIB report concludes that the aircraft was probably heading (for unknown reasons) for Pula Airport (PUY/LDPL) (then in Yugoslavia, now in Croatia).
Only pieces of wreckage were found; the first being recovered by a fishing boat on 27-12-19991 some 13 miles south east of Chioggia Harbour. The pilots body was recovered, and was identified with the aid of documentation recovered from the wreckage, and an investigation was initiated by the Italian authorities.
It also transpired that the main door from the aircraft had been recovered on 18-12-1991 by another fishing boat. Subsequent sea searches by the Italian Navy took 24 days and recovered more than 90% of the wreckage. In the view of the Italian Authorities, the possibilities of the aircraft accident being brought about by collision or explosion were specifically excluded. However, pilot incapacitation could not be ruled out.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-OESX was cancelled by the CAA some three months later, on 18-2-1992
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f00aed915d13740002db/Piper_PA-23-250_Aztec_E__G-OESX_08-94.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OESX
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2016 21:31 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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