Investigation Report
Flooding and sinking of potter Achieve with loss of 1 life
Flooding and sinking of potter Achieve with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Structural and Asset Integrity
- Cold stressVessel flooding and foundering
- Fishing operations
- Personal protective equipmentPumps
- Alarm managementEmergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescue
- Commercial fishing
- Vessel
Summary
This investigation examines Achieve’s foundering near Taransay and a crew member’s death from hypothermia. Flooding most likely followed a sprung hull plank, but its cause remained uncertain. The report analyses disconnected bilge alarms, pumping capacity, unused automatic distress systems, delayed rescue and liferaft survival.
Classifications: Cold stress; hypothermia.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The investigation examines flooding and sinking of potter Achieve, which resulted in one fatality.
Themes: structural and asset integrity.