Date:	Sunday 21 June 1964
Time:	04:00
Type:	Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	TASSA - Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara, SA
Registration:	EC-AQH
MSN:	20072
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	0,9 km off Palma de Mallorca -   Spain
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI/LEPA)
Destination airport:	Ibiza Airport (IBZ/LEIB)

Narrative:
The aircraft ditched some 20 minutes after takeoff, after reporting no. 1 engine problems. Both engines stalled and a ditch was carried out 900 m offshore. The plane sank within 5 minutes.

Ditch or crash-land?/B.W. Townshend, 1965 (55-56)

photo (c) Andy Mullen; Palma de Mallorca Harbour; July 1964

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