Date: | Sunday 3 December 1972 |
Time: | 06:45 |
Type: | Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado |
Owner/operator: | Spantax |
Registration: | EC-BZR |
MSN: | 30-10-25 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Engine model: | General Electric CJ805-23 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 155 / Occupants: 155 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport (TCI) -
Spain
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport (TCI/GCXO) |
Destination airport: | München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM) |
Narrative:The Spantax flight took off at 06:45 local time in almost zero visibility and crashed shortly after, 325 metres (1,066 ft) beyond the runway.
At an altitude of 91 m (300 ft), the pilot initiated a steep turn, lost control, and caused the aircraft to crash as a result of the unusual maneuver. The crew's loss of situational awareness in the low-visibility conditions was also a factor.
Sources:
Aviation Disasters / D. Gero (p. 110)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); 05 June 1972
photo (c) peamasher; Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC); 29 July 1972; (CC:by-nc)
photo (c) Kjell Nilsson; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA); 17 June 1972; (CC:by-nc)
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