Last updated: 2 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 8 November 1960 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Operating for: | Iberia |
| Leased from: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N7125C |
| C/n / msn: | 4652 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14413 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Barcelona Airport (BCN) ( Spain)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain |
| Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN/LEBL), Spain |
The Super Constellation (leased from TWA) was on final approach to Barcelona when the left main gear leg struck a small heap of rubbish 34 m short of the runway threshold. The wheels where torn off and the aircraft continued 170 m along the runway and swerved to the left off the runway and caught fire.
Classification:
Runway excursion
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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 Madrid-Barajas Airport to Barcelona-El Prat Airport as the crow flies is 479 km (300 miles).
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Barcelona-El Prat Airport as the crow flies is 479 km (300 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.
