Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
14JAN2002 at 0730LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Registration
 
EC-GTJ
Location
 
Bilbao
   
Flight number
  IBT1278
Schedule
 
Madrid - Bilbao
 
Construction number
 
120-024
Year of manufacture
 
1986
     
Crew on board
 
3
Pax on board
 
0
Crew fatalities
 
3
Pax fatalities
 
0
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
3

Circumstances
   
 
Just starting its descent, the twin engine aircraft disappeared from radar screens after it struck the Santa Maria Vieja mountain located 35 km from runway 30 threshold. At the time of accident, the weather was bad with poor visibility due to fog.
   


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