Date: | Friday 13 March 1959 |
Time: | 08:02 |
Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
Owner/operator: | Aviaco |
Registration: | EC-ADH |
MSN: | 12776 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 18 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mahon -
Spain
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI/LEPA) |
Destination airport: | Menorca-Mahón Airport (MAH/LEMH) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Bristol plane was on finals to Mahon when it went into a right banked turn from a height of 120 m and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident was probably a strong gust of wind which tilted the aircraft to the right during final approach to land, causing it to crash to the ground."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (104-105)
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1959/19590313_B170_EC-ADH_12186.jpg)
photo (c) jorge; Mahon; 13 March 1959
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