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Hotel Tango
23rd Aug 2018, 14:20
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/haute-vienne/limoges/deux-blesses-etat-grave-apres-crash-avion-bimoteur-verneuil-vienne-1528968.html

Ran out of fuel apparently!

treadigraph
23rd Aug 2018, 15:39
A Piper PA-31 crashed less than 5 km from the Limoges-Bellegarde Airport in France. Both occupants of the aircraft were seriously injured. The aircraft had left Limoges at 10:30, to carry out mapping work. The flight was originally scheduled to last four hours.
The pilot reportedly attempted an emergency landing due to a fuel shortage. The plane then struck the treetops lining the field.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=214577

evansb
23rd Aug 2018, 17:16
Possible fuel management problem. Two recent PA-31 incidents in Canada have revealed some operators are using an unapproved, yet widely circulated, abbreviated checklist containing an error on in-flight fuel transfer.

rigpiggy
24th Aug 2018, 14:11
No, they just didn't put on "mains" in the descent, and parked it on the freeway a few miles short with 2.5 hrs fuel remaining