ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244646
Last updated: 25 November 2020
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| Date: | 03-NOV-2020 |
| Time: | 18:55 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclub de Reus |
| Registration: | EC-HCA |
| C/n / msn: | 34-7250191 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40 nm off Reus Airport (REU/LERS) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ibiza Airport (IBZ/LEIB) |
| Reus Airport (REU/LERS) | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
On Tuesday 3rd November 2020, at approximately 19:00 local time, the Piper PA-34-200, registration EC-HCA, disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea some 40 nautical miles from its destination at Reus airport (Tarragona).
The aircraft was on a private flight between the airports of Ibiza and Reus with two persons on board. After a flight of about 45 minutes, the air traffic control service lost the aircraft's radar track. When the ALERFA phase was reached, the Search and Rescue Service (SAR) was activated to locate it.
On November 11, some fishermen found in the waters of Castellón the body of one of the two occupants. The wreckage was recovered from the sandy seabed (113 m deep) on November 24 and the second body was found as well.
Sources:
https://www.diarimes.com/es/noticias/reus/2020/11/04/buscan_una_avioneta_del_aeroclub_reus_que_provenia_ibiza_92026_1092.html
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ec-hca#25f1cccf
https://www.mitma.gob.es/organos-colegiados/ciaiac/investigacion/2020/a-043-2020
https://www.diariodeibiza.es/pitiuses-balears/2020/11/06/dan-muertos-desaparecidos-avioneta-salio/1181547.html
https://ebredigital.cat/2020/11/25/rescaten-el-cos-del-pilot-i-les-restes-de-lavioneta-de-laeroclub-de-reus-accidentada-a-la-costa-del-delta-de-lebre/
Location
Images:
Photo of EC-HCA courtesy AirHistory.net
Requena (LERE)
4 July 2017; (c) Sir Hofma
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2020 15:31 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Nov-2020 15:34 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 04-Nov-2020 15:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2020 15:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2020 14:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2020 18:13 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Nov-2020 07:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2020 15:58 | harro | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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