ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30719
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| Date: | Sunday 18 May 2003 |
| Time: | 20:46 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | G-ILEA |
| MSN: | 31-7812117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-A2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W of Grantley Adams Int Airport -
 Barbados
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Canouan Island Airport (CIW/TVSC) |
| Bridgetown-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI/TBPB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 18 May 2003, the aircraft was on a flight from Canouan, a small island in the St Vincent group, to Barbados. Shortly after entering Barbados airspace, radar recordings show the aircraft deviated to the south of a direct easterly track to Barbados and descended from cruise flight level (FL) 55 to an altitude of 2,300 feet. The aircraft levelled at 2,300 feet and resumed an easterly track for about six minutes before once again deviating to the south and commencing a further descent.
About 16 minutes after the aircraft's initial descent from FL55, the pilots of a commercial aircraft flying from Grenada to Barbados relayed a MAYDAY call from G-ILEA to Barbados Arrivals reporting that the pilot "had lost one engine; it appeared he was losing fuel and he doubted that he would be able to make it to Barbados".
Some three and a half minutes after the initial MAYDAY call, the pilot of the commercial aircraft relayed a further message stating that the pilot intended to ditch. The final radar return for the aircraft showed it at an altitude of 600 feet about 55 miles on the 259° radial from Barbados Airport.
Despite an extensive search and rescue operation, no trace of the aircraft or its two occupants was found. A reconciliation of fuel receipts and flight times shows that, at best, the aircraft would have been short of fuel for the flight, and at worst could have run out of fuel.
Registration G-ILEA cancelled by the CAA on 22 July 2005 as owners "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fb17e5274a1317000843/dft_avsafety_pdf_025510.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=3005
5. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=1139
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Dec-2012 16:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2012 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 29-Jun-2015 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2017 17:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Oct-2017 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 26-Apr-2022 07:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Apr-2022 04:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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