Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 AUG 1976 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54E-15-DO |
| Operator: | Ejército del Aire |
| Registration: | T.4-11 |
| C/n / msn: | 27344 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 20 km (12.5 mls) E of Cadiz (Spain) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Morón Airport (OZP/LEMO), Spain |
| Las Palmas-Gando AB (LPA/GCLP), Spain |
Crashed in a hilly wooded area and burned. The airplane carried officers and familiy members to the Canary Islands.
Sources:
» The Deseret News - Aug 9, 1976
» Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Aug 10, 1976
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Morón Airport to Las Palmas-Gando AB as the crow flies is 1366 km (854 miles).
Distance from Morón Airport to Las Palmas-Gando AB as the crow flies is 1366 km (854 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
