Málaga

Convair CV-440 Metropolitan

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Málaga – London

MSN:

202

YOM:

1966

Flight number:

IB062

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Iberia flight IB062 left Málaga, Spain, at 19:30 UTC on a flight to London-Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom. The weather at the time was slightly misty with intermittent drizzle but there was reasonable visibility. The aircraft was cleared to descend to FL210 after passing latitude 50 °N and was given a routing via Ibsley and Dunsfold. After passing conflicting traffic, the aircraft was recleared to FL110 and directed to turn right on to 060° for Dunsfold. Passing abeam Fawley the aircraft was further cleared to FL60 and, in acknowledging this instruction, the crew reported leaving FL145. Just under 4 minutes later the aircraft was cleared to proceed direct to Epsom on its own navigation. The flight crew acknowledgement this instruction. All the while the aircraft had been in a continuous descent, until it impacted trees on the southern slope of Blackdown Hill, approximately 48 km south-southwest of Heathrow Airport. The aircraft continued for hundreds of yards, passing across a meadow where it killed 65 grazing sheep. It then broke through a large hedge and parts of the aircraft fell off destroying a garage, and damaging parts of the roof of Upper Blackdown House as the aircraft disintegrated. None of the 37 occupants survived the crash.

Probable cause:

Accident investigators failed to find the reason for the continued descent. A possible misreading of the altimeters was examined in detail. The aircraft was fitted with three-pointer altimeters with warnings to indicate when the aircraft was below 10,000ft. The aircraft descended continuously at a steady rate over a period of 13 1/2 minute and the pointers would have been in continuous motion throughout, increasing the likelihood of misreading. The cross hatching in this type of altimeter first appears in a window in the 10,000ft disc at an indicated altitude of 26,666ft and the edge of the cross hatching would have been visible within 2 minutes of the aircraft beginning its descent. At 10,000 feet the cross hatching completely fills the window and it remains filled as long as the aircraft is below 10,000ft. Thus the cross hatching would have been visible to the crew for a period of about 9 1/2 minutes before the aircraft passed through FL60. According to the investigation report, it is not difficult to read an indication of 6,000ft as 16,000ft with this type of altimeter if particular note is not made of the position of the 10,000ft pointer. Evidence against the possibility of a simple misreading of this sort is the message from the aircraft to ATC reporting passing FL145. indicating that at this time the crew knew that they were below 16,000ft. This evidence indicates that down to this level there had been no misreading or misinterpretation but it does not dispose of the possibility that the crew subsequently suffered a mental loss of sequence and transposed themselves in time and space back to some altitude above 16,000ft. This has been known to, happen in the past, the investigators noted. Nevertheless, there is no evidence to show that it happened on this occasion. In conclusion, the accident was due to the aircraft having continued to descend through its assigned flight level down to the ground. No reason could be established for the continued descent.

Crash of a Convair CV-440-62 Metropolitan off Tangier: 50 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1965 at 1004 LT

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EC-ATH

Flight Phase:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Malaga – Tangier

MSN:

388

YOM:

1957

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Captain / Total flying hours:

6140

Copilot / Total flying hours:

13355

Aircraft flight hours:

9015

Circumstances:

The aircraft took off from Malaga, Spain, at 0733 hours GMT, on a non- scheduled international flight to Tangier, Morocco, and return. Meteorological conditions were good as far as Gibraltar; however, the aircraft encountered conditions which were below the general minima north-west of Tangier. The crew first contacted Tangier control tower at 0755 hours, estimating Tangier at 0805 hours. The 0720 hours weather observation was then passed to the crew. At 0758 hours the crew was informed that the Tangier VOR was inoperative and two minutes later they were requested to report at 2 500 ft over the TW locator or field in sight. At 0802 hours they were provided with the 0750 hours weather observation together with the latest QNH (1 024 mb) and QFE (1 022 mb). This was acknowledged by the crew at 0803 hours. All subsequent calls from Tangier control tower remained unanswered. It was subsequently found that the aircraft had crashed at about 0804 hours into the sea, approximately 10 NM off the Moroccan coast. Three passengers were rescued while 50 other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

For undetermined reasons, the aircraft stalled at an altitude from which recovery could not be effected.

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Crash of a Casa 2.111 in Málaga: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1964

Type of aircraft:

Casa 2.111

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Málaga - Málaga

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The crew was taking part to an aerial demonstration parade at Málaga-El Rompedizo Airport. While passing over the airfield in formation with two other similar aircraft, the twin engine airplane collided with another Casa 2.111 and crashed. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 200 in Málaga

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1964

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

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Registration:

HB-AAI

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Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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10141

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1959

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Aircraft flight hours:

4707

Aircraft flight cycles:

3916

Circumstances:

The airplane was approaching the runway with 40° flaps and gear down as the pilot realized he was too high on the glide. While still at and altitude of 1,000 feet, ground fine pitch was selected, causing the plane to enter a steep descent. The Fokker touched down very heavily on the main gear, causing the centre section of the wing to fail. The aircraft skidded for about 400 m before coming to rest. There were no injuries among the occupant.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration.

Crash of a Casa 2.111 near San Lorenzo de Calatrava: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1962

Type of aircraft:

Casa 2.111

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Mountains

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Málaga – Madrid

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San Lorenzo de Calatrava

Castile-La Mancha

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Spain

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Europe

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En route from Málaga to Madrid, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt de la Montija located near San Lorenzo de Calatrava. All five crew members were killed.

Crash of a Casa 2.111 near Ciudad Real: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1960

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Casa 2.111

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Plain, Valley

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Málaga – Madrid

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En route from Málaga to Getafe Airbase in Madrid, the airplane crashed in unknown circumtances 35 km southeast of Ciudad Real. All eight crew members were killed.

Crash of a SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc in Tenerife: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1956 at 2200 LT

Type of aircraft:

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc

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Registration:

EC-AKV

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos

Schedule:

Málaga – Tenerife

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1946

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Canary Islands

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Spain

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Europe

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On a night approach to Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Airport, the four engine aircraft was too low and struck the ground few km short of runway threshold before crashing onto a house which was destroyed. One person in the house was killed while all occupants on board the aircraft were rescued, among them seven were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire. For undetermined reason, the crew was approaching at an insufficient altitude.

Crash of a Casa 352 near Ronda: 11 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1954 at 1654 LT

Type of aircraft:

Casa 352

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T.2-247

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Mountains

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Jerez de la Frontera – Málaga

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138

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located about 10 km south of Ronda, killing all 11 occupants.

Crash of a Douglas DC-1-109 in Malaga

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-1

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Registration:

EC-AAE

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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