Accident to a Piper PA46 on 21/01/2019 near Guernsey

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

Aircraft lost from radar, believed ditched.

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Perte de contrôle, collision avec la surface de l'eau

General information
Local date	21/01/2019
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Guernsey
Location	Proche de l'Ile de Guernesey
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	2
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2019-0020

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Small Aeroplane - Small Aeroplane
Operator	United States
Manufacturer / Model	PIPER - PA46
Aircraft Registration
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	France - LFRS (NTE): Nantes Atlantique
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGFF (CWL): Cardiff
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	46-8408037
Operator Type AG	Corporate/executive
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Business

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.