| Date: | Sunday 12 October 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-215-1A10 |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército del Aire |
| Registration: | UD.13-13 |
| MSN: | 1053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beniarrés -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ/LETO) |
The CL-215 was fighting forest fires in the Sierra d'Aitane when it crashed after scooping a load of water.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 15 October 1980 (page 51)
ABC (Madrid) 14 October 1980
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