Safety Network wiki database, including 106 hull losses, causing 219 fatalities. Hull losses represent % of the 1177 PA-46s produced from 2002 through 2017. On 21 January 2019, a PA-46-310P travelling from Nantes Atlantique Airport, France, to Cardiff Airport, Wales, crashed into the water off Alderney in the English Channel. Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch found there had been operational irregularities and probable carbon monoxide poisoning of the pilot. The plane was carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who had been signed by Cardiff City from FC Nantes two days earlier. The plane's wreckage was discovered on the seabed of the English Channel on 3 February, and Sala was confirmed to be dead on 7 February. Specifications See also References External links PA-46 1980s United States civil utility aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1979 Single-engined turboprop aircraft