Durham Tees Valley - Denham Green

On August 5, 2006 at 06:10 PM, Durham Tees Valley - Denham Green experienced a crash involving Cessna 303 Crusader, operated by Private British, with the event recorded near Denham Green Buckinghamshire.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was completing a day VFR flight from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Denham Airfield. As the pilot turned on to the final approach for Runway 06, the right engine ran down. The pilot attempted to increase power on the left engine but it did not appear to respond. The airspeed decayed and the right wing dropped. The aircraft descended into a wooded area short of the runway, seriously injuring all those on board. The investigation identified that fuel starvation of both engines was the cause of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-PTWB, MSN T303-00306, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.5825°, -0.5040°.