# NTSB CEN19WA057: Piper PA46, N264DB, St. Peter Port, United Kingdom, January 21, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 21, 2019, 20:12 local (20:12 UTC)
- Place: St. Peter Port, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 49.683887, -2.562222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.6839&lon=-2.5622&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98848
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98848/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA057

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-46-310P, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7104605), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 21, 2013, about 2012 UTC, a Piper PA-46-301P, N264DB, operated by a private individual, disappeared from radar 15 nm north of Guernsey, Channel Island, United Kingdom. The airplane is believed to have crashed in English Channel and is presumed destroyed, and the two persons on board are believed to be fatalities. Night, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident for the personal flight. The flight departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (LFRS), France, and was en route to Cardiff Airport (EGFF), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.A search of the area on January 22, 2019, revealed airplane debris floating on the surface of the English Channel about 15 miles east of where radar contact was lost with the airplane. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the British government. Any further information may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigations Branch Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 1252 510300 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1252 376999 E-mail: investigations@aaib.gov.uk This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of England.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N264DB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N264DB-2020-08-24), registration cancelled 2020-08-24, S/N 46-8408037, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA46 (310P)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (registry code 7104605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46-8408037
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520 SER reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: LFRS, Nantes
- Destination: EGFF, Cardif
- Flight plan: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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