| Date: | Monday 19 March 1984 |
| Time: | 16:02 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado |
| Owner/operator: | Spantax |
| Registration: | EC-BZP |
| MSN: | 30-10-18 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ805-23 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 58 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Las Palmas-Airport de Gran Canaria (LPA) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Las Palmas-Airport de Gran Canaria (LPA/GCLP) |
| Tenerife-Sur Reina Sofia Airport (TFS/GCTS) |
Spantax flight 815 departed Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain on a service to Tenerife and Sevilla. On approach to Tenerife the left-hand main landing gear failed to extend. The captain decided to return to Las Palmas after emergency extension of the undercarriage failed. A landing was made on a foam-covered runway.
Sources:
Ministerio de Fomento
El Pais, 20 March 1984
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