What happened
On November 12, 2011, at approximately 1540 UTC, a Piper PA-28-181, registration G-BXRG, ditched in the English Channel. The aircraft was operating a flight from Lee-on-Solent Airport, United Kingdom, to Alderney Airport, United Kingdom.
The aircraft sustained presumed substantial damage during the ditching and subsequently sank. The flight involved 1 fatal injury, as the pilot is missing and presumed fatally injured, while the uninjured passenger was successfully rescued. Meteorological conditions at the time of the accident were unknown.