Piper PA34 accident near Uk, Gb, November 2, 2018
On November 2, 2018, a Piper PA34, registered GOXFF, was involved in an accident during enroute near Uk (Oxford Airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. private rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 2, 2018
- Place
- Uk, United Kingdom · Oxford Airport
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA34 220T · all PA34s on the register
- Registration
- GOXFF · no longer on the register · serial 3449485
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. private rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
The government of United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA34 airplane that occurred on November 02, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of United Kingdom's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of United Kingdom.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Flight control sys malf/fail during enroute defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Not recorded
The flight
- Departed from: Oxford Airport at 11:02 am
- Destination: Cranfield
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.