ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266684
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| Date: | Thursday 12 August 2021 |
| Time: | 09:42 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8663Y |
| MSN: | 30-1805 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | sea between Lérins islands -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (CEQ/LFMD) |
| Figari-Sud Corse Airfield (FSC/LFKF) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-30 ditched into the sea between the Lérins islands, near Cannes. The pilot was rescued by fishermen. The plane submerged into the water.
Shortly after take-off from Cannes airfield, the pilot encountered engine power problems during a tank change, leading him to make a turn as a precaution. While returning to the airfield, the pilot noticed that the aircraft could not maintain its speed in level flight, then lost altitude, without identifying at that time any particular engine anomaly. Unable to regain height, it landed about 4 NM from the threshold of runway 35 at the Cannes aerodrome.
The investigation did not make it possible to determine the origin of the failure of the engine(s) which caused the emergency landing
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/cannes/cannes-crash-d-un-petit-avion-entre-les-iles-de-lerins-le-pilote-est-sain-et-sauf-2211952.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/113833225315501/permalink/4464836700215110/
Images:
Photo: BEA France
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2021 13:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Aug-2021 19:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Category] |
| 12-Aug-2021 20:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time] |
| 17-Aug-2021 06:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Aug-2021 06:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Aug-2021 06:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Aug-2021 07:14 | Romain58 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
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